By Matthew joseph solem
I Am Not a Good Person
From Atheist to Redeemed: A Raw Testimony of Sin, Grace, and Transformation
Through raw, honest testimony, this book confronts the comfortable lie that being “good enough” can earn God’s favor and reveals the liberating truth that only by acknowledging our brokenness can we truly encounter His transforming grace.
You’re not a good person. Neither am I.
Matthew Joseph Solem opens his story with this jarring declaration, but he doesn’t stop there. In unflinching detail, he exposes his own sins—from childhood selfishness to adult deception, from lustful thoughts to blasphemous words—not to shock, but to illuminate a truth most of us refuse to face: we are all deeply broken, and our “goodness” is an illusion.
A former atheist who spent years rejecting God while living for himself, Solem understands the lies we tell ourselves about sin, morality, and salvation. Through his personal testimony of confronting his own wickedness, he dismantles common objections to Christianity and presents the radical truth of the gospel: that God offers forgiveness and new life to those who don’t deserve it.
This isn’t a book about behavior modification or self-improvement. It’s about spiritual death and resurrection, about trading our filthy rags for Christ’s perfect righteousness, about the ongoing battle against sin and Satan, and ultimately about the freedom that comes only through complete surrender to Jesus. Raw, theological, and deeply practical, I Am Not a Good Person will challenge everything you think you know about yourself, sin, and salvation.
Author
Matthew Joseph Solem
Matthew Joseph Solem writes to give glory to God and transform lives through stories that call the church to clarity, holiness, and deeper faith in Jesus Christ.
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