Christian lifestyle books are a combination of evangelical standards - take time to be with God, read Scripture, pray with discipline - and a buffet of pop psych ideas from 10 - 40 years ago.
Accurate, and unfortunate. Haven't dipped into that pool for a long while for that reason. The water they're serving is not living water, but brackish.
Matthew 5-7 is the ultimare Christian Lifestyle book. Jesus provides the vision. He can't, however, produce the Intention in someone to aspire to that vision, and he doesn't directly provide a means. Perhaps instead of adding a buffet of pop psychology from the last 10-40 years, one could consider the practices of disciples from the last 1000-1500 years. We are neither the first, nor the smartest, nor the most diligent in this quest.
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Accurate, and unfortunate. Haven't dipped into that pool for a long while for that reason. The water they're serving is not living water, but brackish.
I suppose there's a modicum of wisdom in not following the latest and greatest pop psychology.
At least the pop psych may correct the tendency to believe that psychiatric problems should just be "prayed away."
Matthew 5-7 is the ultimare Christian Lifestyle book. Jesus provides the vision. He can't, however, produce the Intention in someone to aspire to that vision, and he doesn't directly provide a means. Perhaps instead of adding a buffet of pop psychology from the last 10-40 years, one could consider the practices of disciples from the last 1000-1500 years. We are neither the first, nor the smartest, nor the most diligent in this quest.
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