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Happy Lies

How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World

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Happy Lies

By: Melissa Dougherty
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In this groundbreaking book, popular apologist Melissa Dougherty helps us understand how our society got to be so toxically subjective, why endless positivity is inherently destructive, and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times.

Melissa Dougherty skillfully diagnoses the issue and provides the cure: the authentic and life-giving truth of the Christian worldview. - Wesley Huff

Have you ever wondered how we ended up in a world where personal feelings could become the authority for reality? Or why so many of us are on a relentless pursuit for happiness yet somehow feel more exhausted and sadder than ever? You're not alone.

Melissa deftly traces the roots of today's social chaos back to a little-known (but very influential) 1800s philosophy known as New Thought. A former follower of its teachings, Melissa provides clarity and compassion mixed with a dash of loving snark as she exposes New Thought's deceptions and its many concerning tendrils within the church and our "self-help" culture.

You'll be shocked, grieved, and encouraged as you learn:

  • How you can experience true freedom, hope, and peace instead of the world's counterfeits
  • How an anti-God ideology so easily hijacked Christian-sounding ideas
  • Why thinking positively is entirely different from the unbiblical and burdensome "positive thought" movement
  • Why fake "authenticity" short-circuits real redemption
  • How understanding the New Thought mindset can help us share our faith more effectively

Uncover a dangerous ideology that nearly everyone has met, yet few of us can name, in order to better understand our culture and joyfully live faithful to the gospel that is so much better than our world's Happy Lies.

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Melissa is a great orator and writer, shes done a huge amount of research for this, a topic that deserves a lot more attention to prevent the common confusion these days.

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Thank you for this eye opening read. I am very grateful to have read this resource and trust it will help me to articulate the true gospel amidst lies infiltrating the Church.

Helped me understand and articulate false gospel ideas infiltrating the Church

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It's a wonder that there's less writing engaging this topic in Christian spheres. Amazing how broadly these ideas foreign from the Bible have managed to spread and find their way into so many different modern Christian movements.

Melissa is certainly more gracious in her discernment than others can be, but still stands her ground when it comes to truth, yet manages to do so in a warm tone where you get what she's saying without being needlessly harsh.

It's read very well and quite pleasant to listen too.

Fascinating and helpful resource.

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