Mark Harris: The Power of Positive Deception

Note: APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE POST! Mary welcomes the president of Spiritual Counterfeits Project, Mark Harris, to talk about the Success Motivation movement, and how it has lasted so long, and continues to influence the church. Some listeners will remember the likes of Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale and Robert Schuller – all proponents of this positive thinking type of approach to life. But is it just thinking the right thoughts? Rick Warren has said many times that Schuller was his inspiration for The Purpose Driven Life – a self help book for the ages, selling 50 million copies. We cannot overstate the influence these men had on our collective psyche for the last 100 years. What are the core principles of the SM movement? What are the dangers of being influenced by it? Today’s pervasive mantra, “You’ve got this!” is a similar self-help approach to any difficulty as if that alone is going to solve any problems, self-made or inflicted by life. There is something about this style of positive, name and claim mental gymnastics that has captivated so many – and we will take a bite out of it today, helping the listener be discerning and careful in what we think about – and trust in.

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