The Biblical View of Self-Esteem Self-Love Self-Image (Jay Adams)

The Biblical View of Self-Esteem Self-Love Self-Image

Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Familiar questions in our day and age. But has our search for answers led us too far in the wrong direction: away from our true position in Christ and toward a dangerous emphasis on self?

Recent decades have seen the rise of a powerful and influential movement within the church. Identified by labels such as “self-image,” “self-esteem,” “self-worth,” and “self-love,” this movement has one common denominator—the emphasis on self. Regardless of religious persuasion, everyone seems to be fighting what they perceive to be a shared enemy: low self-esteem.

Now well-known biblical counselor and noted author Jay Adams brings much-needed clarification to the area of self-esteem and offers the church and every believer a truly biblical view of self.

About the Author

Jay E. Adams (PhD, University of Missouri) is a former director of advanced studies and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, as well as a retired pastor. He has written over 50 books on pastoral ministry, preaching, counseling, Bible study, and Christian living. His books include Competent to Counsel, The Christian Counselor’s Manual, and Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible.

Contents

1. What’s Going On?
2. A Demand for Change
3. What Brought This On?
4. Let’s Test it Biblically
5. More About “Need”
6. Love … as Yourself?
7. Of Infinite Worth?
8. Worthy of Salvation?
9. Passages Often Overlooked
10. What Does the Bible Teach?
11. An Accurate Self-Image
12. Real Life