Book Excerpt

Posers, Fakers, & Wannabes

Unmasking the Real You

By Brennan Manning and Jim Hancock

The real measure of our deep awareness of Christ's present tense resurrection is our capacity to stand up for the truth when it attracts disapproval from people who are important to us. A deep and holy desire for truth musters a growing indifference to public opinion, whatever people think or say. The safety of drifting with the crowd and echoing the opinions of others begins to feel not just false but terribly dull.

When we learn to hear it, the inner voice that whispers, "Take courage. Don't be afraid. It's me," tells us our security rests in having no security. When a person stands on her own two feet and claims responsibility for her unique self--when the only opinion that matters is the opinion of her Abba--she finds herself growing in freedom, fortitude, and liberation from the bondage of human approval.

Posers, Fakers, & Wannabes is adapted from Brennan Manning's Abba's Child.