The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict (Ken Sande)

The Peacemaker

A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict

For more than 30 years, The Peacemaker has been the book which has helped individuals and churches, people from all walks of life with vast differences in perspective, apply biblical truths and resolve personal conflicts.  Putting Ken Sande’s counsels into practice has brought about many close friendships among people who thought the relationship was so damaged that is was beyond salvaging.  True, life-changing reconciliation is possible, even between those who start at very different places.

About the Author

Ken Sande is founder of Peacemaker Ministries and president of Relational Wisdom 360.  He has used biblical peacemaking principles to serve people in hundreds of conflicts, ranging from simple personal disputes to complex legal conflicts.  He is also the author of Peacemaking for Families.

Endorsements

“Blessed are the peacemakers’, said Jesus.  With crystal clarity, this manual lays before us the wisdom that leads humble souls into that blessing.” — J. I. Packer

“Ken Sande challenges us to act redemptively in a culture of enmity and shows us how to do this in our relationships with one another.  A modern classic.” — Timothy George

Table of Contents

1. Conflict Provides Opportunity
2. Live at Peace
3. Trust in the Lord and Do Good
4. Is This Really Worth Fighting Over?
5. Conflict Starts in the Heart
6. Confession Brings Freedom
7. Just between the Two of You
8. Speak the Truth in Love
9. Take One or Two Others Along
10. Forgive as God Forgave You
11. Look Also to the Interests of Others
12. Overcome Evil with Good

Conclusion: The Peacemaker’s Pledge

Appendices:

A.  A Peacemaker’s Checklist

B: Alternative Ways of Resolve Disputes

C: Principles of Restitution

D: When Is It Right to Go to Court?

E: Peacemaker Ministries

F: Cultivating a Culture of Peace in Your Church