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Don't follow your heart : boldly breaking the ten commandments of self-worship / Thaddeus J. Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 2023Description: 219 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780310154464
  • 0310154464
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Contents:
Introduction: A Misfit's Guide to Sinning Boldly -- liveyourbestlife : Thou shalt always act in accord with your chief end -- to glorify and enjoy yourself forever -- #okboomer : Thou shalt never be outdated, but always on the edge of the new -- followyourheart : Thou shalt obey your emotions at all cost -- betruetoyourself : Thou shalt be courageous enough to jettison other people's expectations -- youdoyou : Thou shalt live your truth and let others live theirs -- yolo : Thou shalt pursue the rush of boundary-free experience -- theanswersarewithin : Thou shalt trust yourself as the ultimate source of truth, never letting anyone oppress you with the antiquated notion of being a sinner -- authentic : Thou shalt invent and advertise thine own identity -- livethedream : Thou shalt force the universe to bend to your desires -- loveislove : Thou shalt celebrate all lifestyles and all love lives as equally valid -- Epilogue : A heretic's manifesto.
Summary: "In Don't Follow Your Heart Thaddeus Williams debunks the trending cult of self-worship. He marshals arguments from scripture, science, philosophy, psychology, and pop culture that a self-centered existence is dull, inauthentic, and ultimately self-defeating"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Don't Follow Your Heart offers a compelling vision for the kind of Christianity that is truly countercultural, that rebels against the status quo, that offers something genuinely revolutionary. We were never meant to bear the impossible weight of creating and sustaining our identities, but with the steady stream of propaganda telling us to be true to ourselves and live our best lives, it's no wonder many of us are. In Don't Follow Your Heart, Thaddeus Williams builds a case that self-worship is not authentic, it's arrogant. It is not satisfying, it robs us of awe. It is hardly new and edgy, but is hopelessly traditionalist, rehashing what is literally humanity's oldest lie. As he explores the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship, Williams calls for a new generation of heretics, iconoclasts, renegades, mavericks, and rebels who refuse to march like good little cows, mooing in unison with the herd. He points us to a life beyond the boring, conventional, and self-defeating dogmas of self-worship and shows us how much more meaningful a life centered on God can truly be. Don't Follow Your Heart features: a fascinating blend of theology, philosophy, science, psychology, and pop culture, grim stories of many patron saints of self-worship including Nero, Rousseau, de Sade, Nietzsche, Sartre, Foucault, Jim Morrison, and Miley Cyrus, accounts of notable heretics who rebelled against self-worship, including Augustine, Frederick Douglass, William Wilberforce, Sophie Scholl, G.K. Chesterton, Lee Jong-rak, Corrie ten Boom, and Rosaria Butterfiel, and straightforward ways to rebel against the mainstream message of self-worship"-- Provided by publisher.
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Why chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.

Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first, we experience record-breaking levels of aimlessness, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. Self-centeredness always fails to deliver the fulfillment we're seeking.

In Don't Follow Your Heart, Thaddeus Williams debunks the "ten commandments of self-worship," which include popular propaganda, like:

#liveyourbestlife: Thou shalt always act in accord with your chief end--to glorify and enjoy yourself forever. #followyourheart: Thou shalt obey your emotions at all costs. #yolo: Thou shalt pursue the rush of boundary-free experience.

Williams builds a case that this type of self-worship is not authentic, satisfying, or edgy. Instead, its rehashing what is literally humanity's oldest lie. He calls on a new generation of mavericks and renegades, heretics who refuse to march in unison with the self-obsessed herd. With a fascinating blend of theology, philosophy, science, psychology, and pop culture, Williams points us to a life beyond self-defeating dogmas to a more meaningful life centered on Someone infinitely more interesting, satisfying, and awesome than ourselves.

Featuring stories from Carl Trueman, Joni Eareckson Tada, J.P, Moreland, Josh McDowell, Alisa Childers, and more.

"Following the herd is leading our generation off a cliff. Maybe a little heresy can do us a lot of good." --Collin Hansen

Includes index.

Introduction: A Misfit's Guide to Sinning Boldly -- liveyourbestlife : Thou shalt always act in accord with your chief end -- to glorify and enjoy yourself forever -- #okboomer : Thou shalt never be outdated, but always on the edge of the new -- followyourheart : Thou shalt obey your emotions at all cost -- betruetoyourself : Thou shalt be courageous enough to jettison other people's expectations -- youdoyou : Thou shalt live your truth and let others live theirs -- yolo : Thou shalt pursue the rush of boundary-free experience -- theanswersarewithin : Thou shalt trust yourself as the ultimate source of truth, never letting anyone oppress you with the antiquated notion of being a sinner -- authentic : Thou shalt invent and advertise thine own identity -- livethedream : Thou shalt force the universe to bend to your desires -- loveislove : Thou shalt celebrate all lifestyles and all love lives as equally valid -- Epilogue : A heretic's manifesto.

"In Don't Follow Your Heart Thaddeus Williams debunks the trending cult of self-worship. He marshals arguments from scripture, science, philosophy, psychology, and pop culture that a self-centered existence is dull, inauthentic, and ultimately self-defeating"-- Provided by publisher.

"Don't Follow Your Heart offers a compelling vision for the kind of Christianity that is truly countercultural, that rebels against the status quo, that offers something genuinely revolutionary. We were never meant to bear the impossible weight of creating and sustaining our identities, but with the steady stream of propaganda telling us to be true to ourselves and live our best lives, it's no wonder many of us are. In Don't Follow Your Heart, Thaddeus Williams builds a case that self-worship is not authentic, it's arrogant. It is not satisfying, it robs us of awe. It is hardly new and edgy, but is hopelessly traditionalist, rehashing what is literally humanity's oldest lie. As he explores the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship, Williams calls for a new generation of heretics, iconoclasts, renegades, mavericks, and rebels who refuse to march like good little cows, mooing in unison with the herd. He points us to a life beyond the boring, conventional, and self-defeating dogmas of self-worship and shows us how much more meaningful a life centered on God can truly be. Don't Follow Your Heart features: a fascinating blend of theology, philosophy, science, psychology, and pop culture, grim stories of many patron saints of self-worship including Nero, Rousseau, de Sade, Nietzsche, Sartre, Foucault, Jim Morrison, and Miley Cyrus, accounts of notable heretics who rebelled against self-worship, including Augustine, Frederick Douglass, William Wilberforce, Sophie Scholl, G.K. Chesterton, Lee Jong-rak, Corrie ten Boom, and Rosaria Butterfiel, and straightforward ways to rebel against the mainstream message of self-worship"-- Provided by publisher.

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