A powerful book! :)

Essential reading for every Christian, even if you feel as though you already “know” your significance in Christ. You’ll likely be surprised by some of the lies you may be believing.

I read this book week by week, and every week I found myself reinvigorated and replenished by truth. Definitely a book I will be rereading from cover to cover until these truths have been embedded deep into my spirit!

I listened to the abridged version of this on Audible. This is an excellent application of Biblical principles to healthy psychology. I especially liked how he showed that God's forgiveness, redemption, etc. help us overcome fear, shame, guilt, etc. He gives practical examples. The audio version is by McGee himself, and his voice is clear and encouraging.
I'm sure I will listen to this again from time to time.

Listened to an abridged version of the book. One of the main take aways for me was the book's insight that too often I base my self worth on my performance plus others' opinion of me. Through accepting and trusting in what Christ has done, I can be free to find my significance and self worth in Him.

I listened to the abridged audiobook. I should read the unabridged version because this does have some very solid biblical teaching. It's not just a goofball self-help book. And it has a lot of truths that I really need to understand.

This book may be very helpful for some

I had some minor differences with the author and struggled through some sections due to how triggering they were (particularly one situation the author describes where he counseled a woman to stay within an abusive situation with her boss so she could learn to identify the lies she had believed from her past).

I read this book many years ago and it helped me significantly (pun intended) -- so much so that this time through I realized that most of the things I learned then have become part of my core beliefs today.

Maybe 3.5 stars. I expected to like it better, and it contains lots of solid, scriptural guidance on being all God designed us to be.

Then why the low rating? Because less than a hundred pages of substance is diluted by over two hundred pages of anecdotes, Reader's Digest-style self evaluations and study guides. Not that any of those were bad, but they distracted from the real material.

Still, a good read.

Review of The Search for Significance

Very Inspirational and insightful book. This book really makes you do some Deep soul searching about your life. The Bible verses are very inspiring

Read this for my bible study college group. Really good.

This book is so lauded, yet did not resonate....

Really enjoyed this perspective from McGee. The book is fairly simple in that it covers 4 main areas of false belief about ourselves that we so often operate out of. He then outlines the corresponding core fears associated with these; fear of failure, rejection, punishment, and hopelessness.

What was really encouraging was not only diagnosing these areas but then reading the familiar truths about Gods response to these; justification, reconciliation, propitiation, and regeneration.

Overall the book was helpful in learning to live by Gods truth and to dwell in Christ’s work on the cross. There were parts that were a little vague, repetitive and maybe lacked some theological depth. Would give the book a 4/5 for its relevancy on the issue of believing in Gods promises and 3/5 for the information it gave. Would definitely recommend it for the truths it provided about God’s response to our fears by sending Christ in our place so that we would be fully approved, known, loved, and filled with hope in Him.