Overall, the book has some excellent content. I especially appreciated his idea about "coming to the wall," and also on limitations.
Furthermore, I think he really understands what "emotionally unhealthy" looks like, and his example in the beginning hit home for me.
This book helped me identify weaknesses and unhealthiness within myself as well, and it gave some good insight into how to address such things.
The second half of the book was super solid.
So why the four stars? It's because I would not give this to a young or immature Christian (and especially not to an unbeliever). It's not that he speaks wrongfully, but he speaks (in my opinion) without enough care to his words and ideas (at times). Someone could easily take ideas about the "true self" in the wrong direction for example, and sometimes I felt like he needed to clarify or give "book ends" to some rather powerful statements.
I would recommend it to a more mature Christian if I gave them a heads up about this however, and I'm super glad that I read it.
A lot of what this book talks about I have never heard of. I never noticed how my emotions affect my walk with Christ and how the unintentional patterns in my life affect me and those around me. Very groundbreaking truthful book!
I’ll be honest, I waited too long to rate this book and have forgotten all the review specific details. I do remember loving the book a couple months after reading it though so it earns the 5 stars.
Chapters on going back to go forward and resting/keeping the sabbath were very eye opening. My small group and I really grew through Emotional Healthy Spirituality. While it wasn’t “life changing” like others have said, it was still a very meaningful text that helped me analyze myself and grow closer to God.