Tag: self-deception

• The Psychology of Rejecting Truth

  This essay explores how emotional reasoning, pride, and fear blind us to truth—and how we can reclaim honest, Christ-centered discernment. Learn why so many reject light, defend corrupt institutions, and walk in darkness without knowing it, and how courage and humility restore spiritual clarity.

  Jared Eastley

  September 20, 2026

  Philosophy – Psychology – Social Issues, Religious

  denying truth, discern good and evil, emotional bias, emotional thinking, hardness of heart, rejecting truth, self-deception, spiritual blindness, spiritual discernment, truth vs deception, why people reject truth

• Why Truth Matters

  Chapter 3 September 18, 2026 – NEW Edition Truth matters because reality does not negotiate. You can misread it, deny it, reinterpret it, or build an elaborate case for why it should be otherwise. You can surround yourself with people who agree with your version of things. None of that changes what actually is. And…

  Jared Eastley

  September 18, 2026

  Religious

  biblical truth, Christ is truth, Christian repentance, corrective truth, humility and truth, putative truth, resisting truth, self-deception, spiritual truth, truth and reality, truth sets you free, why truth matters

• What Is Reality?

  Chapter 2 September 16, 2026 – NEW Edition The American filmmaker George Lucas reputedly said, “Your focus determines your reality.” What Lucas is referring to is your subjective, perceived reality — not your actual reality. He is suggesting that what we are not focused on simply does not seem real to us. Inversely, what we…

  Jared Eastley

  September 16, 2026

  Religious

  Christian discipleship, eternal principles, faith in Christ, Jesus Christ, objective truth, perception, reality, self-deception, spiritual discernment, Spiritual Growth, Star Wars Reality, truth, Your focus determines your reality