Lies We Believe About God

Wm. Paul Young

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781471152382
• eBook ISBN:
  9781471152412
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

From the author of the 20-million copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Times bestsellers Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God. Wm. Paul Young has previously faced charges of heresy for the ways he vividly portray's God through his novels. Here he shares 33 commonly uttered things we say about God, revealing how they keep us from having a full, loving relationship with God. 
  Using personal anecdotes and drawing on the touching comments from his readers of The Shack, Wm. Paul Young encourages readers to think anew about important issues, including sin, religion, hell, politics, identity, creation and human rights. In the process, he helps us discover God's deep and abiding love. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Foreword by C. Baxter Kruger, PhD
• Introduction
• 1. “God loves us, but doesn’t like us.”
• 2. “God is good. I am not.”
• 3. “God is in control.”
• 4. “God does not submit.”
• 5. “God is a Christian.”
• 6. “God wants to use me.”
• 7. “God is more he than she.”
• 8. “God wants to be a priority.”
• 9. “God is a magician.”
• 10. “God is a prude.”
• 11. “God blesses my politics.”
• 12. “God created (my) religion.”
• 13. “You need to get saved.”
• 14. “God doesn’t care about what I’m passionate about.”
• 15. “Hell is separation from God.”
• 16. “God is not good.”
• 17. “The Cross was God’s idea.”
• 18. “That was just a coincidence.”
• 19. “God requires child sacrifice.”
• 20. “God is a divine Santa Claus.”
• 21. “Death is more powerful than God.”
• 22. “God is not involved in my suffering.”
• 23. “You will never find God in a box.”
• 24. “Not everyone is a child of God.”
• 25. “God is disappointed in me.”
• 26. “God loves me for my potential.”
• 27. “Sin separates us from God.”
• 28. “God is One alone.”
• A Catena: God’s Drama of Redemption
• A Final Word from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Acknowledgments
• About Wm. Paul Young
• Copyright