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Christ Esteem: Where the Search for Self-Esteem Ends
by Don Matzat
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harvest House Pub (1990-03)
ISBN: 0890817847
EAN: 9780890817841
Dewy Decimal #: 248.4
Paperback: 207 pages
SKU: 08030239
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good plus condition with no markings. Owners plate on flyleaf. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine. One light crease and scratch in back cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Customer Reviews
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A Very Practical Book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-04-18
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Of the many books I have read on walking out the Christian life, this is one of the very best. My favorite quote from the book is this one. "He has given only one gift to meet our need: His Son Christ Jesus. As I look to Him to live out His life in me, He will be humble and patient and loving and everything else I need in my stead." I not only underlined it, but also wrote wow! in the margain. That sums up the theme of the book.
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It's Not About You
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-10-23
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Years before Rich Warren penned the words "It's not about you" to start his best selling book about a purpose-driven life, Don Matzat made the same point in this excellent book, "Christ Esteem."And indeed, as Pastor Matzat makes makes abundantly clear, being Christian isn't about us ultimately. It's about Jesus Christ. It is Jesus whom we are to esteem, not ourselves. This is a wonderfully liberating truth, when we fully embrace it. If you are sick of the endless prattle about "me, me, me" in the Christian church today, then "Christ Esteeem" is for you.
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I'm not always the problem
Rating  (2)
Date: 2003-06-10
4 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
Though this book has much to recommend it, for the reader who is hurting for reasons other than themselves being the problem, it could be damaging. We are supposed to struggle - and we grow through those struggles. And Matzat has some good things to offer about thinking properly and scripturally. But his oft-repeated, "I am the problem" is not explained in a balanced manner. I don't quite get his "we're not here, we're in heaven with Jesus" point either. At times he seems to have gnostic tendencies. I might recommend it to someone who reads a lot to inform their thinking or leadership, but I wouldn't likely recommend it to someone in pain.
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Ready to walk on the Christ side?
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-08-08
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are a Christian who recognizes your sinful nature and desires to leave it in the dust, you are ready for Christ Esteem. Even if you still want to cling tenaciously to your old Adam, your pet sins, your sinful attitudes, you may find that reading Christ Esteem will help shake you loose of your worldlyness. Christ Esteem expounds on the biblical truth of Romans 8:5-6: "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit, have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace." In language that is easy to read, Christ Esteem teaches, illustrates, and demonstrates how to "Turn away from Self", and "Identify with Christ". It makes living according to our new life in Christ a tangible reality. Christ Esteem shows us how to "stir the presence of God within us" so that "we can walk in the Spirit and experience the love, peace, and joy which is in Christ" -- regardless of our personal situation! A book that can turn your life around, if you are ready... and maybe even if you are not! I just purchased six copies for my church library, family, and friends.
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The exact OPPOSITE of "disappointment"
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-06-29
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
The reader from Point Pleasant, NJ, who called this book "a HUGE disappointment," is simply living on another planet. I'm sorry to sound uncharitable, and I wish s/he had left some way of contacting him/her personally, but that assessment is unbelievable.My thinking was revolutionized by CHRIST-ESTEEM, and I have both recommended it and bought copies of it for many people who needed encouragement and a new focus, a Christ-focus. It is solidly biblical and I really am at a loss as to how anyone could suggest otherwise. I would love to correspond with that reviewer and find out his/her reasons for making such an astounding claim. When it comes to psychological problems (not speaking here of *organic*, brain-based problems), there is *nothing* Matzat wrote that is not soundly biblical and illuminating and positively impacting. He never suggested someone would change overnight, he only argued - rightly - that the way out is by focusing on Christ rather than on self. That is thoroughly biblical, as well as psychologically effective over time!
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