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Grace v Self-Esteem
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UNDERSTAND THE TRUE NATURE OF SELF-ESTEEMBrett uses the timeless art of teaching spiritual truths through parables. In the style of C.S. Lewis, the parables humbly invite you to encounter spiritual truths about our time. They show you how grace (God-esteem) and self-esteem are in conflict. As you read, you will discover the true nature of self-esteem and your definition of success will change from a focus on one?'s self to a kingdom-of-God worldview.DISCOVER HOW GRACE AND SELF-ESTEEM ARE IN CONFLICTYou will see how striving to be a hero will make you into villain, why hunting treasure will cause you to lose true riches, and why dressing up as eye candy will make you into a sexy devil This book explains why violence and abuse is on the increase, why depression has skyrocketed into an epidemic, and what causes our global suffering.Grace v Self-Esteem is made up of three sections with fourteen chapters: Section one: Self-esteem or God-esteemChapter One: The Parable of Lucinda. Lucinda seduces a town with self-love and brand idolatry, leading them to trade their relationships for success and self-esteem. The parable shows our obsession with personal freedom that started in the 1950s as the new concept of self-esteem infiltrated the schools. This then produced a culture of self worship.Chapter 2: The parable of the two portraitsThe parable of the two portraits teaches us that our obsession with self-love will make us physically beautiful but spiritually ugly. I then critique the parables ugly side of self-love; It shows how self-worship started in the classroom post 1950 S, and how it has caused abuse and violence. Chapter Three: The Parable of the Fishing LuresIn the surreal world of the lake, fish characters chase fishing lures, battling fame, sophistication, sexual attraction, and anger. Application: Violence has increased shockingly since the self-esteem movement began in the 1950s. (Statistics included.) Chapter Four: The Parable of Dating the GodsParable: A girl in search of love dates the gods of Greed, Vanity, Envy, Lust, Partying, Self-indulgence, Sloth, and Anger. She becomes disillusioned with her search until the God of Jesus Christ offers her true love. Application: With three stories of grace, we learn how God esteems us. Chapter Five: Self-esteem: A Counterfeit of GraceA collection of stories showing that self-esteem is a counterfeit of grace.Section two: Self-confidence or God confidenceChapter Six: The Parable of the Three Horses Parable: Three horses search for freedom; One horse, Star, finds his confidence in his esteemed position in the herd. The horse, Bell, finds her confidence in avoiding non-praiseworthy opinions of the herd. The final horse, Petra, finds his confidence in the Horse Whisperer, who represents God.Application: There are three types of confidence. Chapter Seven: The Parable of the Greatest Animal in the Kingdom of GodThe Lion, Horse, Eagle, Dog, Lamb and Donkey line up to enter heaven, but who should be first? The animals boasting mirrors human concern for status, power, beauty, and social networks as well as our negative view of service and sacrifice. The animals discover what God values most. Application: The Bible gives evidence of Jesus attitude toward praise hunting and the Pharisees.Chapter Eight: The Parable of the Photo AlbumTwo women experience after-life judgment. Goldie, a rich, self-assured lady, relies on photographs of her "good works" in order to obtain entrance to heaven. Candy, a poor woman without a photo album, despairs until she understands that she doesn t need anything but grace.Application: In the Bible, Jesus teaches that everything is about the grace of God. Part Three: Self-made or God-madeChapter Nine: The Parable of the HeroesAt a little boy?'s birthday party, the children dress up as their favorite superheroes: Superman, Spiderman, and Batman. Tempers flare when one child dresses as Jesus and carries a cross.Application: Seeking praise in the hero image causes toxic and hazardous relationship patterns. Chapter Ten: The Parable of the Free-Love ShopA mother and daughter shop for clothes in the Free Love Shop. The girl tries on a wide selection of outfits: the Party Outfit, the Flirt and Tease, the Strip Tease and the Porn Star. She discovers the cost of free love. Application: Hunting for praise has distorted our sexuality and warped our attitudes. Chapter Eleven: The Parable of Dar-win-opolyA girl joins the game of Dar-win-opoly and learns cutthroat dealings designed to win. Fixing their eyes on the prize money and willing do anything to win, the children justify their behavior. Application: Our hunger and hunt for praise is at the heart of unjust trade. Mammon wages war on the poor and our planet.Chapter Twelve: The Parable of the Beekeeper and his SonA father teaches his son the business of bee keeping. It shows how the leech, the ant, and the blowfly are like some people. The bee is the believer, collecting and making honey for the beehives. The purpose to life is to collect as much honey (love) for the kingdom as possible. Application: God's Spirit makes us gracious, humble, thankful, worship-ready, truthful, merciful, compassionate, and generous. Chapter Thirteen: The Parable of Paradise CoveBig John creates a lavish resort and buys a small, old train to transport his clients to Paradise. His cunning employee, Charlie, plans to swindle paradise. So he buys both the fanciest modern train he can find and the local garbage dump. He creates theme cars: Vanity Fair, La-Covet, Plenty-A-Fair, etc. Charlie sells the journey to paradise, but its one big swindle. Application: God is in charge of the game and has a purpose for the small, humble train that travels to paradise. The Bibles teaches that hell is a garbage dump.Chapter Fourteen: The Parable of the Archer and his ArrowsThe Archer shapes arrows for war. The arrows are God-made people. The Archer, who represents Jesus, projects his arrows at the town?'s oppressor, Clever Ma |
Item Specifications...
Pages 288
Dimensions: Length: 8.4" Width: 5.6" Height: 0.7"
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Nov 1, 2009
Publisher In2Grace Ministries
ISBN 0980665205
EAN 9780980665208
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 | Thought Provoking May 24, 2010 |
I found this book to be thought provoking, personally challenging and surprisingly relevant on a number of levels in understanding what is happening in our world today. It is a prophetic work that challenges the thinking of our current generation.
This is a book of parables put into modern day perspective - rich in meaning, and timely - it addresses a number of our social ills - challenging some long held notions of truth. The key message challenges our societies' accepted notion that nurturing self esteem is a good and valuable thing. The author carefully shows us through parables how this hunger for praise is destructive in many areas and has far reaching consequences.
True self esteem is that which we receive from God - we are loved as we are - the message of Grace. It turns our focus from being self seeking to seek to serve the kingdom as we are without the need for constant praise - from self or others.
I liked the parables more as I progressed through the book. A couple I particularly enjoyed were the Parable of the Three Horses - showing different motivational forces that drive us - the hunger for praise vs. the need to fit in and be part of a group vs. having a bond with the Master Horse Whisperer and full confidence in him. Then there is the Parable of Paradise Cove - featuring an Enchanted Railway that promises illusions of Paradise on earth such as status, partying, and material goods - but delivers disillusionment and emptiness - relying on marketing and other worldly gimmicks to attract passengers - its final destination a garbage dump. This is shown alongside a humble, out of date, yet purposeful train that eventually reaches Paradise Cove but requires travellers to learn to sacrifice, be faithful and serve to complete their journey.
Each parable has a slightly different message and is explained and put into a world perspective along with some life anecdotes from the author. They build on each other as the book progresses.
It is a book you can return to again and again and gain something new each time you do. I highly recommend it.
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