Self-Esteem Without Selfishness: Increasing Our Capacity for Love

We’ ve all been exhorted to cultivate self-esteem and nurture a positive self-image. That sounds appealing. But we also know that God calls us to humility. And many well-intentioned Christians have it in the back of their minds that being humble means living their lives in a haze of discouragement, anxiety, and preoccupation with their own sinfulness. After all, the only alternative our culture seems to offer is a vacuous “ I’ m OK, you’ re OK” relativism: the false peace that this world gi...