Resolving Conflict: How to Make, Disturb, and Keep Peace

Many Christians see conflict as something wrong to be avoided at all costs. After all, aren't Christians to be peacemakers who strive to maintain unity? But, as Lou Priolo reminds us, many other things that the Bible exhorts us to do - including to rebuke and admonish other Christians - make conflict a necessary part of the Christian life. With practical advice, he takes us through the biblical principles of conflict resolution, beginning before conflict even starts. He shows us the prerequisites we must have as we go into conflict, what is at the heart of our conflict, when it is biblical and unbiblical, and how we should respond to it. "Conflicts are like forest fires. If you can put them out while they're still small, you can save an enormous amount of time and effort. That's why this book is so valuable: it provides simple, biblically sound, and incredibly effective insights for resolving conflict in its earliest stages, when it still involves only two people."? - Ken Sande, President, Relational Wisdom 360; Author, The Peacemaker