Perverse Approval

What are you willing to avoid conflict? What would you do to be liked?

Perverse Approval explores the spiritual, psychological, and cultural bondage of seeking human validation at the expense of divine identity. Drawing on Scripture, theology, and modern psychology, Jason Theodore shows how trauma, temperament, and culture distort the God-given desire for affirmation into the idolatry of approval. “Perverse Approval” is the fear of man that replaces the fear of God (...

In Perverse Approval , Bishop Jason Theodore exposes one of the most subtle and destructive traps of the modern believer: the need to be liked. Blending Scripture, psychology, trauma insights, and cultural stories, he reveals how the desire for affirmation—good in its design—can become twisted into bondage when shaped by fear, pain, or broken identity. Through biblical narratives, relatable case s...