On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Lindsay Carlson about the danger of self-help encouragement, encouraging one another biblically in our relationships with one another, along with her new book, A Better Encouragement: Trading Self-Help for True Hope (Crossway, 2022).

What you’ll hear in this episode

The danger of fear of man and biblical encouragement.

How biblical encouragement builds our friendships with one another in Christ.

Why many Christians are drawn to encouragement found in self-help books.

The Bible’s teaching on encouragement.

Why we don’t expect enough from our encouragement.

Learning to be specific and focused on Christ in our encouragement of others.

About Today's Guest

Lindsey Carlson is a pastor’s wife, a mother of five, and a native Texan. She enjoys writing, speaking, teaching women the Bible, and making disciples that grow by God’s grace. She is the author of Growing in Godliness: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Maturing in Christ.

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