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The Lies We Believe about God: Knowing God for Who He Really Is is unavailable, but you can change that!

Without even realizing it, many people believe lies about God, such as:   “God’s love must be earned.” “God has lost control of everything.” “God gives us everything we want in life.”   In The Lies We Believe about God, psychologist Chris Thurman explores the influences that affect everyone’s view of God, the cost of not knowing God for who He really is, and how knowing God more...

described many of us when he said, “God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand.”2 Nevertheless, when you listen to the way most of us talk about God, you get the distinct impression we’re quite sure we know what He is like. The last thing we should ever feel about our view of God is pride. As Anthony de Mello put it, “Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”3 When it comes to how we view God, the Bible says, “We see only a reflection as in