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'''''Forget Self-Help: Re-examining the Golden Rule''''' is a Christian non-fictional book written by [[Thomas Fellows (author)|Thomas Fellows]] that examines the [[Golden Rule]] that can be found in Matthew 7:12. Fellows started the book at age twenty while he was a counselor at a summer camp in [[Mentone, Alabama]].<ref name="auto">Catts, Everett [https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/morehouse-coached-by-westminster-alum-places-high-at-national-event/article_b2bd1cf8-a5f6-11e6-9473-13bbf8c8832f.html "Buckhead resident pens book on the golden rule."], "[[The Northside Neighbor]]" , 9 November 2017. Retrieved on 9 September 2019.</ref> Through weaving the characters of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', the personages of Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr., as well adding his own personal anecdotes, Fellows not only encourages the reader to follow the Golden Rule, but makes the claim that the Golden Rule is lost in modern-day Christianity.<ref name="auto3">Price, Donna. [https://www.americanpress.com/scene/book-s-message-help-yourself-by-helping-others/article_8826866a-ce21-11e7-9048-4f694661448e.html "Books message: Help yourself by helping others"], "[[American Press]]", 20 November 2017. Retrieved September 9 2016.</ref><ref name="auto4"> Garrison, Greg. [https://www.al.com/living/2018/02/golden_rule_needs_a_revival_sa.html "Golden rule needs a revival, Samford grad says"], "[[al.com]]", 5 March 2019. Retrieved September 9 2016.</ref> Some of the chapter titles include "Mercy is Power," "Becoming Christlike," "Loving our Enemies," and "Crying for Someone Other Than Yourself." <ref name="auto6"> Grossman, Mary Ann. [https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/01/thomas-fellows-looks-to-literature-in-his-examination-of-the-golden-rule "Thomas Fellows looks to literature in his examination of the golden rule"], "[[Pioneer Press]]", 1 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.</ref>
While the book is grounded in scripture, Fellows did not intend for the book to be solely meant for Christians, making the comment in the ''Newnan Times Herald'' that he "didn't just write it for Christians."<ref name="auto10"> Skinner, Winston. [http://times-herald.com/news/2018/02/fellows-re-examines-golden-rule "Fellows re-examines Golden Rule"], "[[The Newnan Times-Herald]]", 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2109.</ref> Additionally, in a review by Faye Daysen of the ''The Pilot'', she writes that "Fellows uses scripture, but doesn't hit readers over the head with it."<ref name="auto2"> Dasen, Faye. [https://www.thepilot.com/news/features/informative-fun-spring-reading-recomendations/article_c29dd1a4-22f4-11e8-87cc-7798b94ba885.html "Informative, Fun Spring Reading Recommendations"], "ThePilot.com", 10 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.</ref> In an ''al.com'' article, Fellows claims that reaching out to others with love is lost, quipping that "In the South, People are more focused on staying away from sin rather than doing God's will. The three biggies were save sex for marriage, don't drink, don't cuss. If you did those three things you were a good Christian."<ref name="auto4"/>
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