We are often told by the church not to trust our "feelings". The modern church's penchant is to teach us to suppress our emotions and to distrust feelings. Live out of the facts we are told. Trust the head, not the heart.
But if we are to follow the logic implications of that way of thinking, are we then cutting off a significant way we experience Christ and the spiritual life? These questions are addressed in Mathew Elliot's new book, Feel.
Feel - The Power of Listening to Your Heart shares Mathew Elliot’s journey of years of intensive study. He draws a practical map for understanding how God has created us to feel.
• Why does God care so much about the state of our hearts and feelings?
• How do emotions reflect the true depth and vitality of our spiritual lives?
• How can we learn to understand our emotions and through this learn to understand ourselves?
• How can we learn to live in and through and by our emotions?
• How can we become vibrant and joyful Christ-followers, letting our new heart guide us
to change our world for good?
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