{"product_id":"do-not-be-true-to-yourself-countercultural-advice-for-the-rest-of-your-life","title":"Do Not Be True to Yourself: Countercultural Advice for the Rest of Your Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountercultural Yet Biblical Advice for High School and College Students, Ideal for Graduation and Birthday Gifts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost speeches addressed to high school and college students follow a similar theme: march to the beat of your own drum. This may sound encouraging on the surface, but Scripture exhorts believers to submit their lives to the will of God, not their own desires. Christian students need gospel-centred truth to guide them on their journey toward independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of inspiring sermons and graduation speeches, Kevin DeYoung delivers a motivational, biblical call to young people: serve God faithfully—and if necessary, counter-culturally—in the next season of your life. \u003cem\u003eDo Not Be True to Yourself \u003c\/em\u003eincludes practical advice for cultivating a Christ-centred worldview in every area of adult life, including relationships, work, church participation, and spiritual growth, making it a transformational resource for mentoring students. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by Kevin DeYoung:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pastor and bestselling author shares relevant wisdom from past commencement speeches and sermons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConcise, Engaging Chapters of Countercultural Advice:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christ-centred guidance that includes developing spiritual habits, prioritising church attendance, fighting sexual sin, and temptation, and making godly decisions. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes Reading Guide:\u003c\/strong\u003e DeYoung suggests 12 classic Christian books every person should read, from writers including John Calvin, G. K. Chesterton, and R. C. Sproul \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for graduation gifts, birthdays, or small group discussion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Kevin DeYoung writes with inspiring clarity and pastoral love as he summons a generation of Christians to courage and nerve. As he puts it, ‘The choice that matters most is actually a lifetime of choices.’ This will be the book to give to your graduating high school and college students. But please don’t pigeonhole this book. Do Not Be True to Yourself is a brilliant and succinct call to all Christians to reject the spirit of the age in favor of the courageous Christian faith.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Rosaria Butterfield, former Professor of English and Women’s Studies, Syracuse University; author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Kevin DeYoung’s Do Not Be True to Yourself is a helpful antidote to a culture of self-obsession. If we’re learning anything about human nature in the age in which we live, it is that outsized focus on oneself produces disabling anxiety, disorienting ‘identities,’ and dizzying confusion about man’s ultimate end. It turns out, secular man’s chief end of glorifying himself is producing the very opposite of joy. This book shows why and shows a better, godward way forward.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Andrew T. Walker, Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin DeYoung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49966116307137,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4388\/2945\/files\/dnbt.png?v=1770436470","url":"https:\/\/tobystrove.com\/products\/do-not-be-true-to-yourself-countercultural-advice-for-the-rest-of-your-life","provider":"Toby's Trove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}