{"id":13753,"date":"2020-05-25T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=13753"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:55:25","slug":"8-lies-about-god-that-sound-like-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=13753","title":{"rendered":"8 Lies about God that Sound Like the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>God just wants you to be happy.<\/li><li>You only live once.<\/li><li>You need to live your truth.<\/li><li>Your feelings are reality.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Tzky54\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Satan-book-Wilson.jpg?resize=474%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Gospel According to Satan\" class=\"wp-image-14320 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Satan-book-Wilson.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandywinebooks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Satan-book-Wilson.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sound familiar? That&#8217;s four of the eight statements that sound true enough but are actually lies that author Jared C. Wilson lays out in his latest book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Tzky54\">The Gospel According to Satan: Eight Lies about God that Sound Like the Truth.<\/a><\/em> The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TAwX8L\">gospel-saturated author <\/a>of many books explains the intent of each lie and how they undermine God&#8217;s will in our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kudos on the cover design that pushes me to turn the book on its face whenever I have it out. You could call that a drawback, but wouldn&#8217;t this be a great book to leave on top of the Gideon Bible in hotel room drawers? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the points touched in the book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Does God just want you to be happy or is your unhappiness a symptom of misplaced priorities or even a difficult calling? Could your happiness be the main thing drawing you away from him?<\/li><li>What do you justify with #YOLO? Is it godly living or self-indulgence?<\/li><li>What you call your truth may be relative, but the truth is not. Unfashionable? Sometimes. Reliable? Definitely.<\/li><li>Your feelings may not mean what you think they mean. They need biblical interpretation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jared writes with light-hearted quips from our culture, quotes from contemporary and classic authors, and vulnerable illustrations from his own life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When I&#8217;m not priding myself on being more <em>whatever <\/em>than others, I hate myself for not being whatever <em>enough<\/em>. The weird thing about humility is that the more you think about it, the more it goes away. That&#8217;s me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other lies he tackles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\"><li>Your life is what you make it.<\/li><li>You need to let go and let God.<\/li><li>The Cross is not about wrath.<\/li><li>God helps those who help themselves.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found his exploration of problems with the clich\u00e9 &#8220;let go and let God&#8221; eye-opening, and the next chapter on substitutionary atonement should be understood by everyone. Heartily recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God just wants you to be happy. You only live once. You need to live your truth. Your feelings are reality. Sound familiar? That&#8217;s four of the eight statements that sound true enough but are actually lies that author Jared C. Wilson lays out in his latest book, The Gospel According to Satan: Eight Lies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=13753\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8 Lies about God that Sound Like the Truth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[500,1398,2879],"class_list":["post-13753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","category-reviews","tag-christianity","tag-jared-wilson","tag-the-gospel-according-to-satan"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14972,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13753\/revisions\/14972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}