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Oct 2

47 m

Happy Lies

About this episode

On a "Best of Chris Fabry Live," you'll hear Christian apologist and YouTube sensation Melissa Dougherty. Her book, Happy Lies, explains how a movement you might never have heard of shaped our self-obsessed world. How did we become so toxically subjective? Why is endless positivity inherently destructive? And how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in a self-obsessed time? Hear the conversation on Chris Fabry Live.

Featured resource:
Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World by Melissa Dougherty

October thank you gift:
I Choose Joy by Chip Ingram

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