Right, Wrong, and Righteous (Paperback)
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Clay Phillips, 2026
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Paperback. Matthew 6:33 Seek righteousness first - everything else follows.I didn't set out to write a book about pride.I didn't wake up one morning thinking, "You know what the world needs? A thorough analysis of my ego."No - this book began because, for most of my life, I believed something that felt natural, normal, even necessary: I believed I needed to be right. Not just sometimes. Not just in arguments. Not just when it mattered. I needed to be right - about everything.If you've ever felt that pressure - the silent tension inside your chest when you think someone doubts you. the warm satisfaction of "winning" a conversation. the flash of defensiveness when someone challenges your version of the story. the fear of being wrong because it feels like being less - then, in some way, you know this book already. Because you've lived it. Maybe you're still living it.For a long time, I didn't recognize the hunger behind my own need to be right. To me, it felt like ambition. Intelligence. Strength. It felt like proving myself. It felt like survival. And then one day - at a moment I wasn't expecting and from a person I absolutely trusted - truth showed up. Not in a sermon. Not in a crisis. Not in some dramatic moment of moral collapse.It showed up in a conversation. A gentle confrontation. A friend who cared enough to say, "This behavior isn't who you really are." That was the crack in the armor. The first hint that being right all the time wasn't strength - it was a shield. A self-made defense mechanism. A false identity.And slowly, through unexpected moments, honest friendships, and the relentless grace of God, I began to see what I had never been willing to admit: The need to be right was costing me more than it was giving me. It was costing me relationships. It was costing me peace. It was costing me joy. It was costing me the ability to grow, to listen, to connect, to heal. It was costing me the person God created me to be.But this isn't just a book about ego. It's a book about the freedom on the other side of ego. A book about the difference between being right and being righteous. Being right is about winning. Being righteous is about becoming. Being right is about control. Being righteous is about surrender. Being right is about my will. Being righteous is about God's will.And here's the truth I didn't understand for decades: You can win the argument and still lose yourself.This book is the story of how God gently - and sometimes not so gently - taught me that lesson.It's a memoir, but it's not just a memoir. It's a testimony, but it's not only a testimony. It's a path, a pattern, a process of unlearning and relearning - of letting go of the need to be right so I could embrace the blessing of becoming righteous. I've lived this journey. I'm still living it. And if you're reading these words, there's a good chance God is stirring the same journey in you.My hope is simple. That something in these chapters - a story, a sentence, a Scripture, a moment - knocks gently on the door of your heart and says, "This is for you."Not to shame. Not to scold. Not to accuse.But to invite. To invite you into a way of living where peace replaces pressure. Where joy replaces performance. Where humility replaces defensiveness. Where righteousness replaces the exhausting need to be right.Let's take this journey from right and wrong. to righteous - together. What if being right is holding you back? This hone Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …
Codice articolo 9798218436940
- Titolo
- Right, Wrong, and Righteous (Paperback)
- Autore
- Clay Phillips
- Editore
- Clay Phillips
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2026
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 13
- 9798218436940
Matthew 6:33 Seek righteousness first - everything else follows.
I didn't set out to write a book about pride.
I didn't wake up one morning thinking, "You know what the world needs? A thorough analysis of my ego."
No - this book began because, for most of my life, I believed something that felt natural, normal, even necessary:
I believed I needed to be right. Not just sometimes. Not just in arguments. Not just when it mattered. I needed to be right - about everything.
If you've ever felt that pressure - the silent tension inside your chest when you think someone doubts you... the warm satisfaction of "winning" a conversation... the flash of defensiveness when someone challenges your version of the story... the fear of being wrong because it feels like being less - then, in some way, you know this book already. Because you've lived it. Maybe you're still living it.
For a long time, I didn't recognize the hunger behind my own need to be right. To me, it felt like ambition. Intelligence. Strength. It felt like proving myself. It felt like survival. And then one day - at a moment I wasn't expecting and from a person I absolutely trusted - truth showed up. Not in a sermon. Not in a crisis. Not in some dramatic moment of moral collapse.
It showed up in a conversation. A gentle confrontation. A friend who cared enough to say, "This behavior isn't who you really are." That was the crack in the armor. The first hint that being right all the time wasn't strength - it was a shield. A self-made defense mechanism. A false identity.
And slowly, through unexpected moments, honest friendships, and the relentless grace of God, I began to see what I had never been willing to admit:
The need to be right was costing me more than it was giving me. It was costing me relationships. It was costing me peace. It was costing me joy. It was costing me the ability to grow, to listen, to connect, to heal. It was costing me the person God created me to be.
But this isn't just a book about ego. It's a book about the freedom on the other side of ego. A book about the difference between being right and being righteous. Being right is about winning. Being righteous is about becoming. Being right is about control. Being righteous is about surrender. Being right is about my will. Being righteous is about God's will.
And here's the truth I didn't understand for decades: You can win the argument and still lose yourself.
This book is the story of how God gently - and sometimes not so gently - taught me that lesson.
It's a memoir, but it's not just a memoir. It's a testimony, but it's not only a testimony. It's a path, a pattern, a process of unlearning and relearning - of letting go of the need to be right so I could embrace the blessing of becoming righteous. I've lived this journey. I'm still living it. And if you're reading these words, there's a good chance God is stirring the same journey in you.
My hope is simple. That something in these chapters - a story, a sentence, a Scripture, a moment - knocks gently on the door of your heart and says, "This is for you."
Not to shame. Not to scold. Not to accuse.
But to invite. To invite you into a way of living where peace replaces pressure. Where joy replaces performance. Where humility replaces defensiveness. Where righteousness replaces the exhausting need to be right.
Let's take this journey from right and wrong... to righteous - together.
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