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Lies We Believe About God

From the author of the twenty million plus copy bestselling novel The Shack and the New York Timesbestsellers Cross Roadsand Evecomes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong-headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.

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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—soon to be a major film starring Octavia Spencer, Sam Worthington and Tim McGraw—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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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