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Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)
Be True to Yourself (ebook)

Be True to Yourself ebook

Why it doesn't mean what you think it does (and how that can make you happy)

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About this book

Our culture tells us that the way to be happy is to "be true to yourself". It’s posted on social media, promoted in adverts, taught in schools and, even, expressed in churches. But what does that mean, and does it actually work?

Matt Fuller explores how true happiness, wholeness and freedom can be found not by turning inwards and listening to our fluctuating feelings, but by listening to our creator and allowing ourselves to be shaped by who the Bible says we are. In the process, this book draws on a broad range of fascinating research and examples to give us a fresh biblical take on some of today's biggest hot-button issues.

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Specifications

Contributors:
Matt Fuller
ISBN:
9781784985158
Format:
eBook
First published:
January 2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Good Book Company

Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Finding the real you
1. To Thine Own Self Be True
2. Finding ourselves in reflecting God
3. Finding ourselves in knowing others
4. Finding ourselves in seeing Christ
Part 2: How to be true to the real you
5. Identity: Certainty > self-creation
6. Gender and sexuality: How should I define myself?
7. Sex: The hunger of self-gratification?
8. Relationships: Deny yourself to find yourself
9. Community: There can be no losers in church
10. Online: True to selfie in a virtual world
11. I'm not the Messiah… (but I want to become like him)

Endorsements

Matt Fuller has the ability to tap into our culture and our hearts, and then let the word of God and the grace of God expose, reorient, guide and comfort us with tremendously helpful insights. But you know a book is good when you want to side with Jesus because you’re persuaded again that his way is the best way.

Ray Galea Senior Minister, St. Alban's Multicultural Bible Ministry, Sydney, Australia

This book offers a beautiful and hope-filled biblical response to the unbearable pressures our culture has placed upon us. Packed full of insight and loaded with illustrations and commentary on our culture, it helps us understand both where we have been led astray and then how the gospel fully answers our quest for significance and meaning. A must-read for all in the church if we want to understand ourselves and our world better.

Neil Powell Pastor, City Church Birmingham

Matt Fuller’s use of story makes him an engaging writer, and his pastoral experience and compassion are evident on every page. This book will help the reader to better understand the different voices being fed to us in our culture, and to gain a deeper love and trust for God’s freeing voice instead.

Jane Tooher Director of the Priscilla and Aquila Centre, Moore Theological College

This is such a liberating book. It doesn’t settle for a small definition of who we are. This pushes us to a deeper understanding of who we truly are made to be. I hope it helps many to find the freedom God has in store for us.

Jonty Allcock Pastor of Globe Church, London; author of Lost, Hero and More of Jesus

Every teenager and twentysomething is looking for their identity. Our selfie-obsessed culture tells us that to find it, we need to look within, follow our hearts and be true to ourselves. But Matt Fuller offers a better way... because he offers Jesus’ way: deny yourself and follow Christ. This is a book for the times and a book my generation desperately needs as they navigate our culture. I’m so grateful for Be True to Yourself!

Jaquelle Crowe Ferris Author of This Changes Everything: How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years and editor of The Rebelution

Absolutely brilliant! I loved reading : it’s biblically rich, emotionally intelligent, culturally perceptive and beautifully written. Matt addresses many of the most powerful current challenges to biblical Christianity, including those around sexuality and gender, with deep compassion and impressive clarity.

Richard Coekin Richard Coekin is the Director of Reach Ministries UK.

I’m grateful for Matt Fuller’s timely new book. It is a strong antidote to a mindset—once a cultural vice, now a heroic virtue—that fires our imaginations and ruins our lives. On page after page, Matt unveils a counterintuitive secret: following your heart will enslave you, but following Jesus will free you.

Matt Smethurst Gospel Coalition reviewer and Master of Divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

For many today, the often-unspoken purpose of life is to discover who you are and express that to the world. Matt Fuller explains the meaning of the popular slogan “Be true to yourself” within the larger framework of God’s word and its view of our world. This book is helpful, relevant and full of thought-provoking cultural analysis.

Trevin K. Wax Author of Counterfeit Gospels and Holy Subversion, Vice President of Resources and Marketing, North American Mission Board

This pithy and culturally incisive book is a must-read for Christians of all ages. Matt Fuller’s theological, biblical and pastoral insights offer a life-giving alternative to a culture that is over-promising and under-delivering.

Stephen McAlpine

An extraordinarily important book! Matt so helpfully tackles many of the lies of our current society and shines the truth of God’s word in a compelling, concise and captivating way. A must-read for people in our church today.

Paul Dale Senior Pastor of Bridge Church, Sydney

This brief book by Matt Fuller is a helpful guide through the maze of messages we all receive in our modern age. It’s deep yet approachable, and kept me turning the pages for the solutions offered in the gospel. I recommend this for anyone looking to understand themselves more truthfully.

Adam Mabry Lead Pastor, Aletheia Church, Boston; Author, The Art of Rest

Matt Fuller angles the reader’s gaze away from introspection and toward our loving heavenly Father. This is a timely, smart, practical and important book that helps followers of Jesus focus primarily on Christ’s supremacy and the weight of the gospel.

Shelby Abbott Campus Minister, Cru; Author, Pressure Points: A Guide to Navigating Student Stress

Matt Fuller is a deft theologian who has his finger on the pulse of the culture. His cultural intelligence, his deep knowledge of the Scriptures, his logical train of argument and his winsome prose have together produced a gracious and engaging answer to the fleeting orthodoxies of the day. will prove to be a go-to help for all who strive to communicate the gospel—and a lifeline to those adrift amid the evanescent logics of the twenty-first century.

R Kent Hughes Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church in Wheaton

Matt Fuller’s book is a wonderful reminder of what matters most—the glory of God (not the glory of me)—and an invitation to look at Jesus, where we find our greatest joy. With clarity and depth of insight, Matt points us to the bigger truths of Scripture that need to capture our hearts. I loved it!

Jenny Salt Associate to Archdeacon of Women’s Ministry, Sydney Anglican Diocese; Podcast host: Salt – Conversations with Jenny

Matt manages to speak honestly about everyday life, to engage genuinely with modern culture and to inspire powerfully with God’s view of who we really are. Read this book and grow into the person you were always meant to be.

Jason Roach Director of Ministries at London City Mission

Customer Reviews

5.00 stars A wonderfully clear analysis of the gospel of our age.

 

(Review written for 'Be True to Yourself')

A wonderfully clear analysis of the gospel of our age. A loving rebuke to the message that has saturated our culture. It's a warm. winsome reminder that "our true identity is given to us, not created by us" And that "we need to recognise that the world does not revolve around us. It revolves around Jesus. Yet in him we will find a contentment and purpose far grander than we could on our own"
I didn't know how much I needed to read this book until I read it. It has helped me see more clearly the false claims of ...

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5.00 stars Who am I anyway ?

 

(Review written for 'Be True to Yourself')

A really encouraging and challenging book where we are encouraged to think deeply about who we really are (not who we think we are) and where we are challenged to realise the real meaning of being 'made in the image of God'

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