When to Walk Away by Gary Thomas

The subtitle reads Finding Freedom From Toxic People

There are some people who get in the way of you becoming the person God created you to be and for you this person is toxic. These are the kind of people who drain us, demean us and distract us from other healthy relationships and unfortunately sometimes you have to walk away.

This book is a study of the life of Jesus. There are 2 dozen time recorded in the gospels when Jesus had to walk away from some people or let others walk away from him. The first 2 chapters of the book talks about Jesus playing defense in this way. Chapters 3-5 help define what a toxic person is like and looks at the key characteristics of a toxic person. Chapters 6-10 stress the importance of protecting your mission as a Christian from the attack of toxic people. Chapters 11-19 talks about how to handle toxic people you can’t walk away from because they are family. Chapter 20-21 talks about how a man left his toxic ways behind and how to be less toxic toward yourself.

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