Self-Esteem

The Gospel According to Me

July 19, 2013

The Gospel According to ‘Me’ [Excerpts] The booming self-help industry, not to mention the cash cow of New Age spirituality, has one message: be authentic! Charming as American optimism may be, its 21st-century incarnation as the search for authenticity deserves pause. The power of this new version of the American...Read more

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Questions and Responses

Question: You say...we esteem ourselves too much. Yet Jesus Christ said, "Love your neighbor as yourself"...and many preachers teach [the need for] self-esteem and self-love. Who are you to disagree?

Question: Internet sites accuse Rick Warren of continuing to teach at and to support Robert Schuller’s annual leadership Institute. Is that true?

Question: What do you think about the teaching that we all hate ourselves and have to learn to love ourselves?

Question: From "God created man in his own image" (Genesis 1:27), I like your application that the most perfect image is seen in a mirror and that man is like a mirror designed to reflect God....

Question: ...I think you’ve really missed the mark when it comes to our self-worth. I recently read [a book] by Josh McDowell...and he says we are worth the price God paid for us--the death of His Son. Doesn't that make us of infinite value to God?

Question (from Q&A 1993, excerpts): Response: It is certainly true that the phrase “love the sinner, but hate the sin” doesn’t appear in Scripture. And there are those who teach that it is impossible to separate the sin and the sinner, so therefore they m

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