Table of Contents
Foreword Emily Ley 11
Prologue 15
Part I What Is The Problem?
Chapter 1 Were Tired of Being Halfhearted and Double-Minded 21
Chapter 2 The Bad News Is on Repeat 43
Chapter 3 A Look inside Our Heads 55
Part 2 What Keeps Us From Believing The Good News?
Chapter 4 Our World Is So Noisy 65
Chapter 5 We Try to Go It Alone 81
Chapter 6 We're Numb and Sleepwalking 91
Chapter 7 Our Wounds Keep Us Sidelined 105
Chapter 8 We Might Not Really Believe 119
Part 3 Preach To Yourself
Chapter 9 God Gives Us a Better Way 133
Chapter 10 Stop and Listen to Yourself 147
Chapter 11 The Good Work of Turning Around 155
Chapter 12 Cutting New Paths and Taking New Ground 161
Part 4 Wholehearted And Single-Minded Living
Chapter 13 More and More Like Christ at Every Turn 177
Chapter 14 We Finally Get Out of Our Own Way 187
Acknowledgments 203
Appendix: Real Truths for Bad News Loops 205
Notes 211