Self-Love Won’t Save You—Christ Will

Everyone’s preaching self-love, self-esteem, and “you are enough”—but what if those are the wrong answers to the right questions? In this raw and riveting episode, Ryan Wilkins joins How We Woke Up to dismantle the self-help gospel and replace it with something far more powerful: the living Jesus Christ.

We talk about why the doctrine of “forgiving yourself” is a modern myth, how self-love can become spiritual cocaine, and why repentance is not punishment but power. We expose how today’s obsession with “my truth” has cracked open the door for false doctrine—even in church culture—and how returning to scriptural language can rebuild a rock-solid foundation of faith.

This episode is for anyone disillusioned with performative spirituality and hungry for something real. If you’ve ever felt like the self-help path left you empty, this conversation might just be the spiritual detox you didn’t know you needed.