A review by chiom_ah
Lies We Believe About God, by William Paul Young
4.0
"And frankly, I don’t need a God who knows how to be alone. When I am in the middle of devastation and loss, I need a God who knows how to be with."
~Paul W. Young.
My friend had been asking me to read this book since we became friends. Why it took me so long to do so, I'd never known. But in this beautiful Lord's Year of Mirabella-Paulcia's Deconstruction and Reconstruction, I am forever grateful for this book.
Lies We Believe About God.
Each chapter begins with what Paul will call a lie we've believed about God. For most of them, I'd always known, not as lies but as questions. Questions that I've carried along for years.
In that way, I'd say, what this book has done is given me answers. Answers that let be give a sigh of satisfaction.
Another thing this book did, is to give me a view of God that is love. Love that is crazily unbelievable, without condemnation and that has become one of my pillars or philosophy of life. This has given me a new perspective to life.
The reason I love this book is that each chapter tears me away from a life of Gnostic Dualism. Further reminding me that God is with me. With me in Joys and suffering, in the negatives and positives.
And nothing can separate us from God's love, not even death(we always teach that death can).
God is with me, He's with the next person too. God is not apart from me. Or you.
In reading this book,
My view of God has been enlarged and deepened (In Paul Young's words).
~Paul W. Young.
My friend had been asking me to read this book since we became friends. Why it took me so long to do so, I'd never known. But in this beautiful Lord's Year of Mirabella-Paulcia's Deconstruction and Reconstruction, I am forever grateful for this book.
Lies We Believe About God.
Each chapter begins with what Paul will call a lie we've believed about God. For most of them, I'd always known, not as lies but as questions. Questions that I've carried along for years.
In that way, I'd say, what this book has done is given me answers. Answers that let be give a sigh of satisfaction.
Another thing this book did, is to give me a view of God that is love. Love that is crazily unbelievable, without condemnation and that has become one of my pillars or philosophy of life. This has given me a new perspective to life.
The reason I love this book is that each chapter tears me away from a life of Gnostic Dualism. Further reminding me that God is with me. With me in Joys and suffering, in the negatives and positives.
And nothing can separate us from God's love, not even death(we always teach that death can).
God is with me, He's with the next person too. God is not apart from me. Or you.
In reading this book,
My view of God has been enlarged and deepened (In Paul Young's words).