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“We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.”

Has Beens Psychology Praise Pops Mediocrity Jargon Foibles

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“There are also two Christianities in the world today. There is (1) the Christianity of the New Testament, and there is (2) the Christianity of accommodation to modernism, egalitarianism, niceness, naturalism, pop psychology, secular humanism, relativism, subjectivism, individualism, "Enlightenment" rationalism or postmodern irrationalism. New converts to the first Christianity are constantly amazed and scandalized by finding many of their clergy to be in love with the second and in fear of the first.”

“Our job with our digestion is to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste, and to not dwell on the waste - which is my issue with some of the pop American psychology masquerading as Yoga, by the way.”

Way Jobs Issues Psychology Waste Yoga Pops Digestion Nutrients

Author:Gary Kraftsow

“My degree was in Depth Psychology and Religion, so I can really speak directly about pop American psychology masquerading as Yoga.”

I Can Speak Psychology Degrees Yoga Depth Pops

Author:Gary Kraftsow

“We all have a dark side, and we have to confront our dark side. That's pop American psychology.”

Sides Dark Psychology Pops Dark Side

Author:Gary Kraftsow

“Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.”

Wells Psychology Pops Not Sure

Author:Phil McGraw

“The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity.”

Littles Use Problem Bits Deals Effort Christianity Teach Psychology Teaching Fairs Encouragement Pops Doctrine Faithful Massive Preaching Historic Moralizing

Author:D. A. Carson

“Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.”

Thinking Mind Self Games Psychology Grace Self Esteem Acceptance Positive Thinking Pops Genuine Self Acceptance Power Of Positive Thinking Thinking Mind Mind Games Ragamuffin Gospel

Book:The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

“What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well as of pop psychology, intensity of personal belief is evidence of truth. It is considered very bad form - even abuse - to challenge the veracity of any personal testimony that might be offered in a twelve-step group or on a talk show, unless the testimony itself is equivocal... Whatever sells, whatever many people believe strongly, must be true.”