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      Essential Reading

      If you tend to:

        * Blame yourself, see:

          Cure for Self-Hate

          Learned Helplessness

          Handling Guilt Feelings and the pages it lead to.

          Why You Deserve Happiness & Health

        * Blame others, see:

          Revenge! and links listed there.

        * Blame God, see:

          Where Was God When You Suffered Unspeakable Horrors?

          Understanding the Goodness of God

          Why I Hate The Myth of a Cruel Christian God

        * Doubt Jesus resurrection from the dead, see:

          The Resurrection of Jesus A racy, hard-hitting examination of the facts


      What Jesus Achieved by Dying in our Place Why Jesus Death is the Key to Emotional Healing

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