I Told Me So Self-Deception and the Christian Life

Name: I Told Me So Self-Deception and the Christian Life
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ISBN: 9780802864116

ISBN-10: 0802864112

ISBN-13: 9780802864116

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gregg A. Ten Elshof, Dallas Willard

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Think you¿ve ever deceived yourself? Then this book is for you. Think you¿ve never deceived yourself? Then this book is really for you. Scripture is peppered with talk of self-deception and its poisonous effects on the pursuit of holy living. Christians in the past thought long and hard about the ways we deceive ourselves. They called on self-deception to explain a wide range of problems in Christian experience. Strangely, though, self-deception has all but disappeared from our consciousness today. We rarely admit to the possibility of deceiving ourselves in any area of our lives. In I Told Me So Gregg Ten Elshof reintroduces readers to self-deception and offers an explanation for its…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 6/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Let's Make a Deal



What? Why? Where?



How-To, Part 1: Attention Management and Procrastination



How-To, Part 2: Perspective Switching, Rationalization, and Ressentiment



Getting Help When It's Not Working



How-Not-To, Part 1: Giving Self-Deception a Demotion



How-Not-To, Part 2: Three Good Ideas



Three Warnings