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The Vertical Self

The Vertical Self How Biblical Faith Can Help Us Discover Who We Are in An Age of Self Obsession

By Mark Sayers

Average Blogger Rating: 3.96 Stars

It's time for a return to Radical Holiness.

Welcome to the 21st century, where you can now purchase and exchange personalities depending on mood and circumstance; where you are told that you can be anyone you want to be, and identity is no longer based in a sense of self but rather in the imagery you choose at that moment.

The Bible contains a radically different way of understanding our identity. The path that God has chosen for us to discover who we really are is the path of holiness. The most exciting thing is that this path is not for otherworldy saints; rather it is a path of earthy, gutsy holiness. It's a path that is not about basing your life on this world or of shunning your desires. Instead, it is about bringing your hopes, your dreams, your brokenness, your desires, your humanness under the Lordship of Christ. By doing this we don’t just discover a new way of living out our faith, we discover a liberating, revolutionary, life-embracing way of being truly human.

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On 3/12 Arthur Davis wrote: Mark Sayers has a real knack for diagnosing our Western bone cancers and provoking us to recover true life. If there’s a crisis in the Western church, he says, it’s not a crisis of church formatting but a crisis of discipleship.  The basic Christian life, the very place where the power of Christ ought to be ... The Vertical Self (book review)

Arthur's Rating:

4 Stars

On 3/12 Mick Murray wrote: Mark Sayers, founder of uber, takes a look at the identity crisis found in Western society with his new book The Vertical Self.  The challenge that Sayers lays out is that in a narcissistic society, no one will really know what their true identity is until they encounter their identity with God (i.e. the vertical ... Book Review: The Vertical Self

Mick's Rating:

4 Stars

On 3/11 V. Clark wrote: From,"The Vertical Self" Our greatest scorn is reserved for those who fail at the game of looking good. this is why we have become so obsessed with hypocrisy. We experience a guilty pleasure when others are "found out". ......Their charades just prove to us that no one is really good; therefore, ... Vertical Self" Book Review

V.'s Rating:

3 Stars