Title:
Unoffendable : how just one change can make all of life better
Author:
Edition:
Revised & updated edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2023]
©2015, 2023
Physical Description:
viii, 213 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781400333592
Abstract:
Unoffendable, now revised and updated with two new chapters, gives you a concrete, practical way to live life with less stress. In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude. It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet? In Unoffendable you will find concrete, practical ways to live life with less stress...Newly revised with two brand-new chapters on forgiveness and what Hansen has learned since writing his original book, this updated edition of the bestselling book is a must-read for every Christian. In a humorous and conversational style, Unoffendable seeks to lift religious burdens from our backs and allow us to experience the joy of gratitude, perhaps for the first time, every single day of our lives--flourishing the way God intended.
Contents:
Being unoffendable: the ridiculous idea -- Everyone's an idiot but me -- Six billion rings -- Artists see things -- Bert and Ernie and Satan -- Beautiful exceptions -- The world's worst bedtime story -- Ain't you tired? -- Reverend of the dumpster -- Idea: let's punch Brant in the face -- Atheists, socialists, and toast -- Anger's fun -- except for the boiling, blazing, and burning part -- The big question: what about injustice? -- This is the chapter about how we're just barely smart enough to be stupid -- Nothing left to lose -- And here's the chapter I kept putting off -- We're all waiting for something that already happened -- On winning -- and by "winning," I mean, of course, losing -- The world's worst neighbor -- Imbalanced? You better hope so -- I can worship a God like that -- Here the part where I talk about some Danish people -- Forget Danish people -- let's talk about your elbow -- And lo, the kingdom of god is like a terrible football team -- The one thing that works -- I keep learning things.
Language:
English
