DON'T FOLLOW YOUR HEART

Why chasing after expressive individualism experiences and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves look within for answers and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first we experience record-breaking levels of aimlessness loneliness depression and anxiety. Self-centeredness always fails to deliver the fulfillment we're seeking.In Don't Follow Your Heart Thaddeus Williams debunks the ten commandments of self-worship which include popular propaganda like:#liveyourbestlife: Thou shalt always act in accord with your chief end—to glorify and enjoy yourself forever.#followyourheart: Thou shalt obey your emotions at all costs.#yolo: Thou shalt pursue the rush of boundary-free experience.Williams builds a case that this type of self-worship is not authentic satisfying or edgy. Instead its rehashing what is literally humanity's oldest lie. He calls on a new generation of mavericks and renegades heretics who refuse to march in unison with the self-obsessed herd. With a fascinating blend of theology philosophy science psychology and pop culture Williams points us to a life beyond self-defeating dogmas to a more meaningful life centered on Someone infinitely more interesting satisfying and awesome than ourselves.Featuring stories from Carl Trueman Joni Eareckson Tada J.P Moreland Josh McDowell Alisa Childers and more.Following the herd is leading our generation off a cliff. Maybe a little heresy can do us a lot of good. —Collin Hansen