Lies We Believe About God

De: Wm. Paul Young, C. Baxter Kruger - introduction

Narrado por: Wm. Paul Young

From the author of the bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of twenty-eight assumptions about God—assumptions that just might be keeping us from experiencing His unconditional, all-encompassing love.

In his wildly popular novels, Wm. Paul Young portrayed the Triune God in ways that challenged our thinking—sometimes upending long-held beliefs, but always centered in the eternal, all-encompassing nature of God’s love.

Now, in Wm. Paul Young’s first nonfiction book, he invites us to revisit our assumptions about God—this time using the Bible, theological discussion, and personal anecdotes. Paul encourages us to think through beliefs we’ve presumed to be true and consider whether some might actually be false.

Expounding on the compassion fans felt from the “Papa” portrayed in The Shack—now a major film starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer—Paul encourages you to think anew about important issues including sin, religion, hell, politics, identity, creation, human rights, and helping us discover God’s deep and abiding love.

Wonderful read for spiritual healing

Raw, personal, and so full of sincere honesty. This book was referred to me by my yoga instructor and it has helped ease my conscious. I was involved in a spiritual abusive community, some even say it was a cult, and Mr. Young helped me in a way I didn’t think was possible. I recommend this book to anyone that puts God in a box and feels the need to gain perspective on His undying love for mankind.

Unraveled

As each concept... okay, each lie was introduced I found myself thinking thoughts such as, "I can't imagine why you'd call 'that' a lie! What were you thinking?" And as the author then explained what he was thinking, I unraveled. Turns out that I have indeed believed many lies about God.
But the one that moved me to tears was the one about the cross. Especially when the author spoke of there can be nothing in my life that is so hideous, so disturbing, so awful that God won't join me there. I came undone and wept.

Another amazing outside the box adventure.

One of my favorite authors, Paul Young pens another beautiful exploration of faith and religion, this time in non fiction form. I wish he had about two dozen other books, and I would have already read them all.

Wonderful book and I have the most respect for Paul Young

Paul Young is an amazing man, and I have enjoyed all his works. There are a couple of points in his book that I take issue with, but overall it was fantastic and I am grateful to read pretty much anything he writes. Also check out C. Baxter Kruger, Brad Jersak and John Crowder for more of this type of theology.

Wonderful book about the gospel

I found this book to both challenge and support truths that I felt represented the God I knew but was often told or taught differently. It brought me closer to the Lord and gave me peace. I want to continue this journey and seek more knowledge through scripture. Thank you.