Self-Esteem

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

February 1, 2012

Question: What do you think about the teaching that we all hate ourselves and have to learn to love ourselves? Response: First of all, I’d say it’s not even rational. Ephesians:5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the...Read more

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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?

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