Faith Lies: 7 Incomplete Ideas That Hijack Faith and How to See Beyond Them is for people noticing the cracks in the foundation of their faith as well as those who feel they have been hurt or discarded by a God or a faith that just does not make sense.
Faith lies are those seemingly required religious ideas or spiritual beliefs that are often confusing and rarely helpful.
LIE 1 — The Bible is the Literal Word of God — The Bible is not the written record of God's dictation. God was most certainly the inspiration for the Bible, but not the medium. People were the medium—they did the storytelling, the writing, the selecting, and the interpretation that resulted in the Bible. The Bible is not God's Bill of Rights and Constitution. Rather, it is a divinely inspired story of progression that should open things up rather than constrict and regulate.
LIE 2 — God is Angry and Doesn't Like Me—Especially When I Sin — Instead of...