Megachurch Pastor's new book tells people to 'get over themselves'

'When we die to ourselves, that's when we find that life'

Megachurch Pastor Kyle Idleman claims that to live life, "everyone simply needs to get over themselves" to truly "experience abundant life with Jesus," a theory he promotes in his new book The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Idleman is a pastor at the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville Kentucky, a church that boasts a congregation 24,000 people strong each week.
Christian podcast The Church Boys interviewed Idleman, who wanted to promote The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-down Ways of Jesus Begins, and claims the book will help Christians better understand what it means to have a relationship with God.

"The Bible talks about that our real life is hidden in Christ," Idleman said in the podcast. "[A]nd specifically - in Colossians 3 - Paul talks about that, when we die to ourselves, that's when we find that life."
The pastor believes too many people make themselves the center of their world instead of making Christ the center, which deprives them from the experiences Jesus offers.

"We often times are getting in our own way when it comes to living the life that God has called us to live," he said.
Through the formation of a relationship with God, a person embraces an intimacy only God can share. 
A relationship with God isn't about following a series of rules and regulations, though that is part of it. People often incorrectly believe a relationship means following generic rules and nothing more. 
"Like any relationship, you can define it with some words, but there's ... an experiential side to it," Idleman said, adding following Christ is "a way of life" rather than "guidelines" to follow.
In his book, Idleman wrote, "When we get to the end of ourselves and finally realize we aren't strong enough, smart enough, or talented enough, then ironically we are in the best position to be used by God in significant ways."

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