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I Told Me So: Self Deception in the Life of the Christian

August 31st, 2009 | 3 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

Gregg Ten Elshof’s* recent book I Told Me So, which examines the role self-deception plays in the church and in our lives, suffers from an inherent marketing disadvantage. Recommending it to friends, colleagues, or other non-anonymous individuals carries with it the risk of creating enormously awkward situations:  “But what precisely did you mean by buying this as my birthday present?”  I suggest, for such occasions, something by Andrew Murray instead.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.