Coping with Criticism

Updated edition with questions for further thought and discussion following each chapter.

How do you respond when you receive criticism from your spouse or your employer? Does criticism emotionally devastate you? Jamie Buckingham takes the risk of exposing his own struggles and inadequacies to help you deal with criticism. Learn how to receive criticism without fear, by replacing your defense mechanisms with honesty, love, forgiveness, and a sense of humor. So, are you coping with criticism or are you just reacting to it? Are you learning what God may be saying to you through your critics or are you ignoring the hidden message? Jamie shares his life stories and his struggles to deal with critics. His insights are humorous, poignant and wise. He discusses the truth about lying and what makes us want to avoid criticism. In the end, Jamie knows that loving and forgiving others, even those who mean us harm, is the way Jesus handled His critics....and so should we. This book will make you laugh, make you cringe, and make you ponder God's wisdom in our relationships with those around us, all the while leading you into a deeper relationship with the One who is always watching over us.

A master storyteller and Bible teacher, Jamie Buckingham has delighted millions around the world both in person and in print. He was recognized as one of the key prophetic and apostolic voices of the Charismatic movement from the early 1970s until his death in 1992. He wrote more than 45 books, including biographies of some of this century's best known Christians, including Pat Robertson (Shout It from the Housetops), Corrie ten Boom (Tramp for the Lord and others), and Kathryn Kuhlman (Daughter of Destiny, God Can Do it Again and others). His other biographies include the national bestseller Run Baby Run (with Nicky Cruz) and O Happy Day (the Happy Goodman Family Singers). Other books by Jamie Buckingham include Risky Living; Where Eagles Soar; A Way Through the Wilderness; Miracle Power; Coping With Criticism; Into The Glory; Bible People Like Me; The Nazarene; Parables and Jesus World (a novel). He also wrote Power for Living, a book sponsored by the Arthur DeMoss Foundation that was given away to millions of people worldwide and resulted in untold numbers of people coming to Christ. Jamie was an award-winning columnist for Charisma Magazine and served as Editor-in-Chief of Ministries Today Magazine until his death in February 1992. A popular conference speaker, he was recognized as one of America's foremost authorities on the Sinai and Israel. He wrote and produced more than 100 video teachings on location in the Holy Land. As a distinguished Bible teacher with graduate degrees in English Literature and Theology, Jamie was respected among liturgical, evangelical, and Pentecostal Christians. He was considered a close friend and confidant of many key Christians of the late 20th century, including Oral Roberts, Billy Graham, Catherine Marshall, Jack Hayford, Kathryn Kuhlman, Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Pat Robertson, and many others. Jamie was a husband, father, grandfather, and founding pastor of the Tabernacle Church, an interdenominational congregation in Melbourne, Florida, where he served for 25 years. He lived in a rural area on the east coast of Florida on a family compound with his wife, Jackie, surrounded by five married children and 14 grandchildren. For more information on Jamie Buckingham, please visit www.JamieBuckinghamMinistries.com. Many of his books, columns, additional writings, video devotional series, and audio and video sermons can be found on this website, which is dedicated to preserving and promoting his life works.