Synopses & Reviews
All of us yearn for a hero... someone to spark a flame in our souls, someone to inspire us to live beyond ourselves, someone to help us live up to the potential our Creator has placed within us.
Jesus is the hero in your soul. His awe-inspiring love enables you to reach beyond your limitations and become the person God created you to be. Your heart will soar as you read Jim McGuiggan's stirring devotional and inspirational stories about everyday men and women who have been touched by the Savior's hand and who live to reflect his nature.
Allow the Rescuer to touch your life -- you'll be forever changed by the impressions left by the Savior's touch.
About the Author
Jim McGuiggan, a powerful speaker and seasoned writer, has written numerous inspirational books, including The God of the Towel, Jesus the Hero of Thy Soul, Where the Spirit of the Lord Is . . . , Let Me Count the Ways, and Celebrating the Wrath of God. Born in Belfast, Ireland, McGuiggan has studied and taught the Bible in America at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Since he and his wife of 44 years, Ethel, returned to Ireland, he has worked with a congregation of God's people outside of Belfast.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction | More Than a Hero |
Chapter One: | Compassion |
| Dead at Thirty-Two |
| Show Him Your Hands |
| Shiny Boots |
| The Hero and Mrs. MacIntosh |
| Davie |
| A Card Around His Neck |
| The Habit of Finding Fault |
| Bill the Peacemaker |
| "Pretend You Know Me" |
Chapter Two: | Courage |
| "Merry Christmas, Father" |
| I Will Do More Than Live |
| A Little Something Extra |
| Captain Freedom |
| The Belfast Ropeworks |
| "Your Friend, Herbie" |
| One More Time |
Chapter Three: | Redemption |
| The Candlesticks |
| Of Mothers and Grandmothers |
| A Far, Far Better Thing |
| Selling and Smelling |
| Grounds for Believing |
| Jessie Glencairn |
| "We'd Let Him In, Wouldn't We?" |
| Hastings Beauchamp Morley |
| Maria and the Gangster |
Chapter Four: | Hope |
| The Hope-Bringing Story |
| To See Jesus Is to Hope |
| The Prisoner of Chillion |
| "I Am Lazarus" |
| "We Had Hoped" |
| The God of Good Hope |
Chapter Five: | Forgiveness |
| Forgiveness Is Not Cheap |
| The Scarlet Letter |
| Hear the Cry I Do Not Utter |
| Seat 15A |
| No Record of Wrongs |
| The Toys |
| Bethlehem's Well |
| Behold the Woman |
Chapter Six: | Calling |
| The Incomparable One |
| Is Nothing Sacred? |
| The Key |
| "Be Holy" |
| The Image of the Christ |
| Too Much Like "Saints"? |
| The Adventure of Holiness |
| Negotiations and Referendums |
| Dead Heave |
Chapter Seven: | Vision |
| What the Cynic Saw |
| Smoking and Smugness |
| Formulas and Experience |
| The Rewards of Integrity |
| Gyp |
| Things I Didn't Do |
| A Badge of Honor |
| Benjamin |
Chapter Eight: | Triumph |
| The Sea Gull and the Storm |
| Doomed to Live |
| Though the Earth Give Way |
| Clothed and in Their Right Minds |
| He Is Risen Indeed |
Notes | |