The new book Be Who You Really Are To Become Who You Want To Be: Honesty with Yourself, Others, and God will be released soon. I'm very much looking forward to the information in it becoming available. I believe it will help anyone who reads it see many opportunities to see themselves and others more clearly and accurately than they do and, in turn, find new ways and better reasons for becoming better.
I will give two one-hour talks on themes from the book on Saturday, April 26th at 8:30am and 2pm. They will be given at the Daybreak Community Center, rooms B/C, and doors open 30 minutes before the start of the talk.
April 26th
Talk 1: 8:30am - 9:30am Daybreak Community Center. Doors open at 8am.
Talk 2: 2pm - 3pm Daybreak Community Center. Doors open at 1:30pm.
There is no charge for attending.
Donations are always welcome. All are welcome, including children.
The Daybreak Community Center address is 4544 Harvest Moon Dr. South Jordan, UT.
Both talks will be calibrated to a general audience, and everyone is invited to invite someone to come with them, even (and especially) if they are completely unfamiliar with anything else I've taught.
Talk 1: "Conflict Avoidance Is Christ Avoidance: Trading In Your Fig Leaves For Robes Of Righteousness"
Abstract:
The process of knowing someone consists of revealing and reconciling hidden differences between you. The purpose of creation is to provide the opportunity to gain eternal life through knowing the Father and the Son, but this aim is resisted by the natural man’s unending desire to hide who he really is. This talk will show how conflict avoidance is a barrier to eternal life that prevents knowing ourselves, others, and God. Much deeper relationships with God and other people are possible as we discover and resolve interpersonal differences.
Talk 2: "Argument Is Not Contention, And Niceness Is Not Love"
Abstract:
While Christians tend to correctly desire to avoid contention, most define the word in a way that would incorrectly condemn the Lord’s example. In this talk, I will explore contention as resistance to the truth, showing that argument in favor of truth is the very means of reducing contention. I will further show how love—often cited as a reason to avoid argument—actually requires sharing the truth, especially when it is opposed, and how being nice is both unloving and contrary to the example of Christ.
I hope to see you there!