When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man, 2nd ed.

by Edward T. Welch

Publisher:

New Growth Press

, 2023

Overview

However you put it, the fear of man can be summarized this way: We replace God with people. Instead of a biblically guided fear of the Lord, we fear others. Of course, the "fear of man" goes by other names. When we are in our teens, it is called "peer pressure." When we are older, it is called "people-pleasing." Recently, it has been called "codependency." With these labels in mind, we can spot the fear of man everywhere. The problem is clear: People are too big in our lives and God is too small. The answer is straightforward: We must learn to know that our God is more loving and more powerful than we ever imagined. Yet this task is not easy. Even if we worked at the most spectacular of national parks, or the bush in our backyard started burning without being consumed, or Jesus appeared and wrestled a few rounds with us, we would not be guaranteed a persistent reverence of God. Too often our mountain-top experiences are quickly overtaken by the clamor of the world, and God once again is diminished in our minds. The goal is to establish a daily tradition of growing in the knowledge of God.

Key Features

• Features clarifying additions, new material, and revisions throughout
• Focuses on a fear of the Lord that in Christ is filled with gratitude, love, and devotion

Product Details

• Title: When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man, 2nd ed.
• Author: Edward T. Welch
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: New Growth Press
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 256
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Intimidation; Fear; Self-esteem; Self-confidence
• ISBNs: 9781629958071, 1629958077
• Resource ID: LLS:WHNPPLRBGMN2NDD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-23T20:09:23Z

About Edward T. Welch

Edward T. Welch (PhD, University of Utah) is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, where he has served since 1981. He holds a doctor of philosophy in counseling (neuropsychology) from the University of Utah and a master of divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary. Ed is a licensed psychologist and has been active in local church ministry for decades. He has been counseling for more than 35 years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. He has written numerous books, including When People Are Big and God Is Small (P&R Publishing, 1997), Shame Interrupted (New Growth Press, 2012), Side by Side (Crossway, 2015), and Created to Draw Near (Crossway, 2020). He blogs regularly at CCEF.org.