article_snippet.sent: that 'Possibility Thinking' and love of God overcome hardships —
article_snippet.sent: was a uniquely American blend of Bible and psychology.
article_snippet.sent: It was inspired by late author Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote 'The Power of Positive Thinking.'
article_snippet.sent: The classical error of historical Christianity is that we have never started with the value of the person.
article_snippet.sent: Rather, we have started from the 'unworthiness of the sinner,' and that starting point has set the stage for the glorification of human shame in Christian theology,' he wrote in he book 'Self-Esteem:
article_snippet.sent: I don't do that by standing in a pulpit and telling people people're sinners. ...