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Character Still Counts: It Is Time to Restore Our Lasting Values
Written by James Merritt
Narrated by James Merritt
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You Can Develop Attributes for Authentic Living
How often are we more concerned with our outward image than with our inner qualities? Your reputation is what others think is true about you, but your character is who you are on the inside. And in the end, it's your character that counts.
If you long to invest your life in what matters most-the content of your character-join bestselling author James Merritt as he looks at twelve traits that are an essential part of godly living. As you discover from role models in the Bible, good character is built brick by brick, thought by thought, action by action, and habit by habit on a daily basis. In this book you'll find the keys to growing in integrity, humility, respect, forgiveness, perseverance, self-control, honesty, loyalty, authenticity, courage, generosity, and faithfulness.
Learn how to build up God's kind of character qualities and live a life of authenticity. Let the past examples in Scripture inspire you today as you live out this truth: Character still counts, and it always will.
How often are we more concerned with our outward image than with our inner qualities? Your reputation is what others think is true about you, but your character is who you are on the inside. And in the end, it's your character that counts.
If you long to invest your life in what matters most-the content of your character-join bestselling author James Merritt as he looks at twelve traits that are an essential part of godly living. As you discover from role models in the Bible, good character is built brick by brick, thought by thought, action by action, and habit by habit on a daily basis. In this book you'll find the keys to growing in integrity, humility, respect, forgiveness, perseverance, self-control, honesty, loyalty, authenticity, courage, generosity, and faithfulness.
Learn how to build up God's kind of character qualities and live a life of authenticity. Let the past examples in Scripture inspire you today as you live out this truth: Character still counts, and it always will.
Author
James Merritt
James Merritt (PhD) is a pastor, author, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and host of the Touching Lives television program, seen nationwide and in 122 countries. As a national voice on faith and leadership, Merritt has been interviewed by Time, Fox News, MSNBC, and 60 Minutes. He resides with his family outside Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is good enough to redo and may buy book also.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nuanced Fire. This book is typical of Merritt the Elder's style of truly nuanced fire - he will not back down on what he believes, but he absolutely understands nuance where applicable. In this discussion of character, he does not negate his own integrity by taking partisan sides, yet speaks to character as the Bible describes it. And when that means mentioning a certain 1990s era US President's affairs, Merritt the Elder in the very same breath also mentions the sitting US President's affairs. Full of jokes and various stories - as well as Scripture references - this is as easy to read as listening to one of his sermons either live or (as I often did growing up) on TV. While I don't agree politically or theologically with absolutely everything here, really the main reason for the 4* rating is the constant use of prooftexting - citing Bible verses out of context. Were it not for my personal crusade against the practice, this would easily be a 5* read. Very much recommended, whether or not you normally agree with Merritt the Elder's own conservative evangelical American Christian mindset.
*A note on "Merritt the Elder": One of Dr. Merritt's sons, Jonathan, is also a Christian Living writer now and has written nearly a handful of books over the last decade or so - and serves as his father's agent and editor on this project. I grew up outside Atlanta listening to Dr. Merritt's sermons on TV as we got ready for church, and began reading Jonathan's books with his 2012 release A Faith Of Our Own. To separate the two and as an homage to the Pliny's, I use "the Elder" or "the Younger" and have since I first read Jonathan's works.