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When Love Trumps Right Belief
Each of us has directives we live by. The directive to love is at the very heart of most faith traditions, along with being the first and foremost standard to live by for many who do not profess a specific religious belief. But as we know, directives can often be in conflict with each other, leading to what psychologists call cognitive dissonance. I may have love as my most important guiding principle in life, but if someone tries to take something precious from me, whether in the form of possessions, power, or even people, I may also firmly believe that it is right for me to defend , leading me to respond in ways that are anything but loving. What do I do? If and when these two directives are in conflict, do I love or do I defend?
My take: Why my church rebelled against the American Dream
Editor’s Note : David Platt, Ph.D., is the author of the New York Times bestseller Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream and is senior pastor of the 4,000-member Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. By David Platt , Special to CNN We American Christians have a way of taking the Jesus of the Bible and twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable with. A nice middle-class American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn’t mind materialism and would never call us to give away everything we have. A Jesus who is fine with nominal devotion that does not infringe on our comforts.
The Top 100 Christian Books of 2010
<div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered wpgb_shadowed"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href="http://michaelhyatt.com/life-plan" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://michaelhyatt.com/images/creating-a-life-plan-3d-avatar.png" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to <a href="http://michaelhyatt.com/life-plan" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to my free email updates</strong></a>. For a limited time, I will give you a copy of my brand new e-book, <em>Creating Your Personal Life Plan,</em> just for subscribing! You may also want to <a href="http://twitter.com/MichaelHyatt">follow me</a> on Twitter.</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div> T he books in the table below represent the top 100 bestselling Christian books of 2010.
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