The Self Help Gospel

How many of us are drawn to practicing Christianity with the idea that it will make us better people? Well-adjusted, healthy, loving, forgiving, wise people that other people look at and think, "what does she have that I don't?" I'll confess, that's all me. And in this self-help culture, it's so tempting to make the the whole gospel about how to make me better, rather than how to expand the kingdom of God. And it's easy to conflate the two. But in this wedding of the church and Christ, all eyes are not on the beauty of the bride, but on her ability to reflect the groom's glory.

Hi, I'm Jennifer, and I'm an addict. A recovering self-help addict. But how to truly replace that self-love with something else? That's not easy.