Shame
Langerak examines shame from a biblical and theological perspective, demonstrating that shame extends beyond guilt for sin to encompass suffering from humiliation, poverty, powerlessness, and loss of honor. Through careful exegesis of Old and New Testament passages, the author explores various biblical sources of shame—including poverty, nakedness, slavery, defeat, and idolatry—and how believers should understand and respond to this form of suffering in their Christian lives.
Shame is a form of suffering. Shame is essentially the painful feeling, in one's soul, of disgrace, embarrassment, disappointment, anxiety, and confusion. And there are many causes. Although we usually associate shame only with guilt, Scripture does not. As with all suffering, shame certainly does have its ultimate source in sin -- without sin there would be no shame. But, biblically, one can suffer shame for many more reasons than guilt over sin or foolish deeds. All shame is basically due to...
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