Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015)
Author of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!
About the Author
Robert H. Schuller was born on September 16, 1926 in Alton, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hope College and a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a minister in 1950. From 1950-1955, he was the minister at the Ivanhoe Reformed Church in show more Chicago. In 1955, he founded the Reformed Church in America in Garden Grove, California. As a televangelist, he tried to integrate the teachings of John Calvin with the positive thinking of Norman Vincent Peale. After becoming one of the nation's best-known pastors, he watched Crystal Cathedral Ministries file for bankruptcy in 2010 amid huge debt, a changing religious broadcast industry, an aging audience, and family squabbles over leadership. During his lifetime, he wrote over thirty books including Turning Hurts Into Halos; Tough Times Don't Last, but Tough People Do; and If It's Going to Be, It's Up to Me. He received numerous awards including the Horatio Alger Award, Freedom Foundation Awards, Clergyman of the Year, Awards of Excellence for Religion in Media, and Peacemaker Awards. He was also known for his four decades of televised Sunday services, Hour of Power. He died from esophageal cancer on April 2, 2015 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Robert H(arold) Schuller is the founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. Robert A(nthony) Schuller, his son, also writes books stressing success through spiritual positive thinking. The senior Schuller seldom used his middle initial or name until the younger began publishing.
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Works by Robert H. Schuller
The Be (Happy) Attitudes: 8 Positive Attitudes That Can Transform Your Life (1985) 501 copies, 3 reviews
Prayer: My Soul's Adventure With God : The Spiritual Autobiography of Robert H. Schuller (1995) 248 copies
If It's Going to Be, It's Up to Me: The Eight Proven Principles of Possibility Thinking (1997) 111 copies
The Inspirational Writings of Robert H. Schuller (Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do; Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People) (1986) 66 copies, 1 review
Possibility Thinkers Bible: The New King James Version : Positive Verses for Possibility Thinking Highlighted in Blue (1984) 64 copies
Robert H. Schuller Tells You How to Be an Extraordinary Person in an Ordinary World (1985) 47 copies
The Power of Being Debt Free: How Eliminating the National Debt Could Radically Improve Your Standard of Living (1985) 45 copies, 1 review
Your Positive Plan for Love & Happiness: How to Experience the Positive Attitudes That Will Transform Your Life (1996) 11 copies
How to Make Good News Happen 1 copy
生之舵 1 copy
I Can 1 copy
Love Yourself and Come Alive 1 copy
I Am the American Flag 1 copy
My Prayer Journal 1 copy
Himmel auf Erden. 1 copy
My Joy of Living Scrapbook 1 copy
Recepta na szczęście 1 copy
God's Minute III 1 copy
Pensamentos energéticos 1 copy
Believe In The God Who Believes In You, Volume One, 5 Audio Cassettes, By Dr. Robert Schuller (1990) 1 copy
Beautiful Possibilities 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Schuller, Robert H.
- Legal name
- Schuller, Robert Harold
- Other names
- 蕭律柏
舒勒 - Birthdate
- 1926-09-16
- Date of death
- 2015-04-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Hope College (BA|1947)
Western Theological Seminary (M.Div|1950) - Occupations
- cleric
television evangelist - Organizations
- Reformed Church in America (ordained 1950)
Crystal Cathedral - Relationships
- Schuller, Robert A. (son)
Coleman, Sheila Schuller (daughter)
Schuller, Arvella (wife) - Cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Alton, Iowa, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Garden Grove, California, USA - Place of death
- Artesia, California, USA
- Burial location
- Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Garden Grove, California, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Robert H(arold) Schuller is the founding pastor of the Crystal Cathedral. Robert A(nthony) Schuller, his son, also writes books stressing success through spiritual positive thinking. The senior Schuller seldom used his middle initial or name until the younger began publishing.
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
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Reviews
Just like the title says Move Ahead With Possibility Thinking helps get a better outlook on life not with positive thinking but possibility thinking. It is what Robert H Schuller sold his whole life as a pastor at Garden Grove Community Church. Using Jesus as his ultimate possibility thinker the book is full of examples of people who ignore impossibility thinkers and achieve great things.
Do you find happiness elusive? Perhaps the difficulty is in your expectation. Do problems continually crop up in your life?
Doctor Schuller suggests that the Beatitudes portion of the Sermon on the Mount has the answers you seek. And, in this book, he discusses the eight universal positive principles for living effectively. Here readers will find eight positive mental attitudes that make true happiness really possible for everyone . . . .
The focus of each chapter, showing the practical show more differences these attitudes can make in our lives, offers usable suggestions readers can easily adapt for their own lives. These chapters include:
“I need help – I can’t do it alone.”
“I’m really hurting – but I’m going to bounce back.”
“I’m going to remain cool, calm, and corrected.”
“I really want to do the right thing!”
“I’m going to treat others the way I want others to treat me.”
“I’ve got to let the faith flow free through me.”
“I’m going to be a bridge builder.”
“I can choose to be happy – anyway.”
Why not choose happiness?
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This book is easy-to-read and inspirational, a reminder to focus on what is truly important in life. The inclusion of real-life stories makes each section highly relatable. Filled with hope and helpfulness, it’s sure to leave readers with much to ponder.
Highly recommended. show less
Doctor Schuller suggests that the Beatitudes portion of the Sermon on the Mount has the answers you seek. And, in this book, he discusses the eight universal positive principles for living effectively. Here readers will find eight positive mental attitudes that make true happiness really possible for everyone . . . .
The focus of each chapter, showing the practical show more differences these attitudes can make in our lives, offers usable suggestions readers can easily adapt for their own lives. These chapters include:
“I need help – I can’t do it alone.”
“I’m really hurting – but I’m going to bounce back.”
“I’m going to remain cool, calm, and corrected.”
“I really want to do the right thing!”
“I’m going to treat others the way I want others to treat me.”
“I’ve got to let the faith flow free through me.”
“I’m going to be a bridge builder.”
“I can choose to be happy – anyway.”
Why not choose happiness?
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This book is easy-to-read and inspirational, a reminder to focus on what is truly important in life. The inclusion of real-life stories makes each section highly relatable. Filled with hope and helpfulness, it’s sure to leave readers with much to ponder.
Highly recommended. show less
This was a great book. It shows how powerful our thoughts and feelings and beliefs are towards ourselves and how important it is to get it right. This title "Self Love" is NOT to be taken the wrong way. It has nothing to do with being egotistical or looking down on other people, rather it shows how we should have a HEALTHY self love towards ourselves- there's a massive difference. We cannot love other people unless we first love ourselves (by loving ourselves, I mean to value and respect show more ourselves and appreciate our own self worth) We cannot give away that which we do not have- so if we don't love ourselves, we cannot love other people. Its that simple. show less
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- 137
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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