Even in the Christian realm, fervor, passion and feelings of faith have come to displace actual reflection about which of our choices are pleasing to the Lord. Though the Scripture says that "zeal without knowledge is not good" (Pro 19:2), in our day zeal is the popular replacement for knowledge. "I feel the Lord wants me to" has become the adequate reason to act. Yet, even for Christians, foolish actions still lead to dis appointment, no matter how full of righteous conviction one felt when he set out on the foolish course. And disappointment leads to discouragement and discouragement to depression. So, in the Christian realm, we, too, are in the age of Prozac. We have turned our faces away from lessons of the past. For more than four thousand years, sages in different cultures have taught their observations that, * No matter how one feels in the moment, all paths in life are not equally true or false. * Some paths in life are better than others. Some paths are wiser - and some paths are downright foolish. * And the one who chooses the wiser path comes out better than the others. --- excerpt from book's Foreword

Sharper Strokes: Living Smarter, Not Harder

Religion & Spirituality

Harold Bullock

Christian Books & Bibles

Golden Oak Publishers, LP

While others left their tables, one woman continued to sit, staring into the distance during the seminar break. I walked over to her.\n"Is there something wrong?" I asked. 
"As you described the first two types of fools and how they interact, you laid out the story of my marriage for the past fifteen years," she said. "He is the first type, an easy-way person. And, I am the second type. Like you said, we are locked into a cycle of conflict. We have been to a lot of counselors, but, for the first time, I am beginning to see what is causing the problems." 
FOOLS and FOLLIES unveils what the Old Testament teaches about nine different ways to mess up your life - and how to avoid the problems.

Fools and Follies: Biblical Patterns That Live Today (The Faces of Folly)

Bullock, Harold

This companion volume to Fools and Follies reveals how the "fools" of the Old Testament apply their strategies to the different arenas of life: attitudes, relationships, work, etc. Surprisingly, those same strategies are still at work today, undermining personal success, fueling conflicts, and fracturing relationships.\nParents, teachers, and anyone who works with people will learn how to identify and help reverse these counter-productive behaviors.

Self-Defeating Strategies: Roots of Life's Problems (The Faces of Folly)

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Sharper Strokes: Living Smarter, Not Harder

Fools and Follies: Biblical Patterns That Live Today (The Faces of Folly)

Self-Defeating Strategies: Roots of Life's Problems (The Faces of Folly)