Only 40 years ago, self-centeredness was considered a human failing, and an ugly one. Today self is the center of most psychotherapies, the god at whose altar one bows to beg favors. Rapha founder Robert McGee suggests that Christ’s statement “the truth shall make you free” (John:8:32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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“Whether labeled ‘self-esteem’ or ‘self-worth,’ the feeling of significance is crucial to man’s emotional, spiritual, and social stability, and is the driving element within the human spirit.”