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Jesus’ resistance of the devil in the wilderness was an explicit rejection of the lure to dominate political, religious, and material control over society, but the church still succumbed to that very temptation. And in doing so, it misconstrued what it meant to follow Jesus. Where Jesus rejects “lording it over” others like the Gentiles do, the contemporary mainstream American church has sought to grab hold of all the levers of concentrated power so it can turn back the clock on demographic shifts and impose its political inclinations.
Making It Plain
Drew G.I. Hart
a dash of acclaim can be a powerful antidote to a narcissist’s insecurity. Not all displays of respect are equally effective, though. It doesn’t help to bury criticism between two compliments: [The feedback sandwich doesn’t taste as good as it looks](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-serving-feedback-sandwich-adam-grant). Beginnings and ends are more likely to stick in our memories than middles, and narcissists are especially likely to ignore the criticism altogether.
__The key is to praise people in an area different from the one in which you hope to change their minds.__
Persuading the Unpersuadable
Adam Grant
What I could do that I haven’t done to more fully realize this
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The Map
Keith M. Eigel, PhD
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