Lies we believe about God / Wm. Paul Young.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Atria Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: x, 258 pages ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501101397 (hardcover)
- 1501101390 (hardcover)
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 231 Y78 | Available | 33111008590875 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the author of the twenty million plus copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.
Wm. Paul Young has been called a heretic for the ways he vividly portrays God's love through his novels. Here he shares twenty-eight commonly uttered and sometimes seemingly innocuous things we say about God. Paul exposes these as lies that keep us from having a full, loving relationship with our Creator.
With personal anecdotes and sharing the compassion readers felt from the "Papa" portrayed in The Shack --now a major film starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer--Paul encourages readers 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.
"The best-selling author of Cross Roads presents a conversational exploration of the misunderstandings people have and share about God, offering compassionate anecdotes that explore topics ranging from sin and politics to identity and creation,"--NoveList.
God loves us, but doesn't like us -- God is good. I am not -- God is in control -- God does not submit -- God is a Christian -- God wants to use me -- God is more he than she -- God wants to be a priority -- -- God is a magician -- God is a prude -- God blesses my politics -- God created (my) religion -- You need to get saved -- God doesn't care about what I'm passionate about -- Hell is separation from God -- God is not good. -- The cross was God's idea -- That was just a coincidence -- God requires child sacrifice -- God is a divine Santa Claus -- Death is more powerful than God -- God is not involved in my suffering -- You will never find God in a box -- Not everyone is a child of God -- God is disappointed in me -- God loves me for my potential -- Sin separates us from God -- God is One alone -- A catena: God's drama of redemption -- A final word from Dietrich Bonhoeffer.