When People Are Big and God Is Small
Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man

I was trying to work out how to describe this book when I saw another review on here that said: "this book will crush you, then liberate you". I couldn't agree more! The author does an excellently biblical job of showing the freedom that can be found when we turn our focus away from ourselves and to......more

I have such mixed feelings about this book. The first few chapters were strongly written and personally convicting with the idea that our fears and anxieties about other people happen because we don't have a proper view of God's power and sovereignty. I agree that we let fear of man get in the way o......more

This book helped me see the shortcomings of modern need-based psychology and even modern Christian psychology with its tripartite view of man. "To look to Christ to meet our perceived psychological needs is to Christianize our lusts. We are asking God to give us what we want, so we can feel better a......more

I learned things that will honestly help me throughout my life. I can't say that about many books. It was inspiring, humbling, and made me think. (Especially the first several chapters!) Some of the later chapters were harder to swallow or challenged some things I believed. I've had to ponder, and de......more

I remember reading "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren in 2002, and the opening sentence was "It's not about you". I was startled, like threw the book down startled. Edward Welch has that same effect except it is throughout the entire book. Extremely insightful for Christians living in a "Me Fi......more