{"product_id":"think-again-relief-from-the-burden-of-introspection-9781942572565","title":"Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvaluating yourself--being mindful of who you are and what you are doing--is necessary and can lead to positive change. But what about the dark side of introspection? Do you ever feel weighed down and exhausted by your own self-analysis? Perhaps you made a mistake, said a careless word, or even messed up big time. Your self-examination spirals into a full-blown cross-examination. You keep revisiting what happened. Your mind circles around the event, fruitlessly trying to somehow make the outcome different so you don't feel the embarrassment, shame, and regret.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe modern self-esteem movement has left us empty and self-focused. We exhaust our healthy introspection and pervert it into constant self-evaluation, wrong views of ourselves, self-accusation, and false guilt. Introspection was never meant to bear such weight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThink Again\u003c\/i\u003e offers real relief from the burden of introspection that so many of us carry each day. Pastor Jared Mellinger, who tends to overdose on self-analysis himself, shows us how the hope of the gospel can rescue us from the bad fruit of unsound introspection. Mellinger's short, story-filled chapters help readers identify and turn away from unhealthy introspection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is an outward-focused God who delights to rescue an inward-focused people and lead them into a better way to live. When we truly understand it, we'll see that the gospel actually sets us free from thinking about ourselves too much.We can seek after and pray for the peace and joy--the sanity--that comes from thinking about ourselves less often. \u003ci\u003eThink Again \u003c\/i\u003eincludes practical instructions for self-examination, fighting false guilt, breaking free from hyper-introspection, and more. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eThink Again \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that the solution to thinking too much about ourselves is to look to Christ, and it gives readers the tools to begin to turn from the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Growth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942572565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Jared Mellinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817811148981,"sku":"9781942572565","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8c20085-5c65-4335-bed6-6dc08a4d0b40.jpg?v=1759241904","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/think-again-relief-from-the-burden-of-introspection-9781942572565","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}