Hit By Friendly Fire
What to do when you are hurt by another believer
Imprint: Resource Publications
It's called "friendly fire," but there is nothing friendly about it. To shoot one of your own is not only tragic but self-defeating. We are not describing the battlefield. We are talking about believers hurting other believers. Everyone in the Church knows of the walking wounded who are no longer in Christian community. That person might even be you. What can be done to cure such a visceral wound? Trusted pastor, theologian, author, composer, and retired Army Chaplain (Colonel) Michael A. Milton marshals forward a lifetime of Christian shepherding to diagnosis and apply the healing salve of the ruling motif of the Gospel for the cure of souls. In this new 2022 edition, Michael A. Milton uses Christ-centered theology presented in the tenderness of pastoral prose to carry the spiritually wounded to the paradoxical place of ultimate healing: the cross of Christ. This is one to read, to secure for loved ones, friends, your pastor, and classes. For any of us at any time can feel the searing pain of being hit by friendly fire.
Michael A. Milton (PhD,Wales) is a longtime pastor (PCA) and educator. An alumnus of UNC-Chapel Hill, Milton is a retired Army Chaplain (Colonel) of thirty-two years and a recipient of the Legion of Merit and the highest award for public service in North Carolina. Milton is the Distinguished Professor of Missions at Erskine Seminary and president of the D. James Kennedy Institute. An author, artist, and musician, Mike resides with his wife, Mae Milton, in Western North Carolina.
“Mike Milton thinks like a scholar, but writes like a pastor. He takes subtle issues and, without dumbing them down, explains them in easy-to-understand terms. That is a wonderful gift to the Church.”
—Joel Belz, Publisher, World Magazine
“Dr. Michael Milton is a pastor, theologian, Gospel singer songwriter, and one of the most gifted preachers of the Gospel in our nation today.”
—Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse
“Dr. Michael Milton is one of the church’s most outstanding and committed Christian leaders. He is a man of scholarship, intellect, and insight deeply devoted to the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am thankful for his contributions to evangelical thought and the life of our churches. We should all be thankful that his writings are available to evangelical Christians today.”
—Dr. Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary