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Title: Ten Lies About God And How You Might Already Be Deceived by Erwin Lutzer ISBN: 0-8499-4332-9 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 08 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: uneven, inspiring at times but ultimately disappointing
Comment: I first decided to read this book when I saw that Lutzer's eclectic list of lies included these three: "God takes no responsibility for natural disasters," "God does not know our decisions," and "The fall ruined God's plan." Naturally, I read those chapters first. I was astounded. I could not believe that this book could receive an award, based on the material in these chapters.
Lutzer writes,
"...God plays by a different set of rules. If you were standing beside a swimming pool and watched a toddler fall in and did not pull the child out, your negligence would be cause for prosecution. Yet God watches children drown or, for that matter, starve every day and does not intervene. He sends drought, creating scarcity of food; He sends tidal waves, wiping out homes and crops.
"We are obligated to keep people alive as long as possible; if God were held to that standard, no one would ever die. He could keep the whole population of the world alive indefinitely. What for us would be criminal, is for God an everyday occurrence.
"Why the difference? He is the Creator; we are the creatures. Because He is the giver of life, He also has the right to take life. He has a long-term agenda that is much more complex than keeping people alive as long as possible. Death and destruction are part of His plan. "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isa. 55:8-9)."
Lutzer sanctions God's behaving like a criminal, and to bolster his argument, he cites a Scripture from Isaiah. However, read in context, the verses Lutzer quoted are not used to show why God can destroy, but rather show He is merciful, the exact opposite of wicked and evil human beings (see Isa. 55:6,7, NIV: "Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. For my thoughts..."). Lutzer's use of this passage is tantamount to character assassination... but he is not the first, nor the last, writer to use these verses this way. Lutzer's Reformed theological bent requires that he resort to this type of hermeneutics in dealing with difficult issues like that of this chapter.
I had not intended to read further, but a friend encouraged me to read the rest of the book, so I did. In all fairness, I have to say there is much that is praiseworthy in this book. At times I found myself stopping to read one passage, or another, out loud to myself or to a friend, enjoying Lutzer's use of language, his eloquence, the quotes and stories he put together. Two chapters stand out as particularly good: Lutzer's chapter on joy, and the one on whether God suffers. These chapters are awesome and inspiring. Other chapters are well-written, but do not offer anything particularly helpful or new. The lies that Lutzer takes on are an odd collection, and perhaps he took on far too much in trying to tackle them all in one book.
Though the book is intended for non-believers as well, Lutzer too often speaks only to the choir, and a choir with Reformed theology, at that. If you do not agree with Reformed theology, you will have trouble accepting Lutzer's facile portrayal of God as criminal. Thoughtful non-Christians, or new believers, may find themselves repelled and disappointed by Lutzer's answers.
Rating: 5
Summary: From the gentle heart of a Shepherd
Comment: Pastor Erwin Lutzer, now pastor of historic Moody Church for almost 25 years (following Warren Wiersbe's pastorate there), feeds the people of God through this profound, yet easily understood volume.
Having sat under his ministry for more than two years, week in and week out, Pastor Lutzer preached the truths of Scripture with compassion, clarity, and conviction. He does the very same with this volume.
In a culture that has made God whatever they want Him to be, this clarion call to Biblical Christianity could not be more urgent than it already is! Thinking Christians will want to research the Scriptural references themselves (just as the early Christians did) and see if these things are so.
I contend they are.
Phil Hoover
Chicago
Rating: 4
Summary: CAUTIOUS ENLIGHTENMENT
Comment: WHAT A WAKEUP CALL TO THE POST-MODERN, REMOTE-CONTROL, DRIVE-THRU MENTALITY TO WHICH MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE SUCCUMBED!! WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT LUTZER LEANS CALVINISTIC IN HIS VIEWS OF GOD, HE STILL DOES AN ADMIRABLE JOB OF WRENCHING US FROM THE TRAPS OF "NEW AGE" CHRISTIANITY (ALL IS GOD & ALL IS OK) AND "LIBERAL" CHRISTIANITY (ALL IS FAIR & ALL IS TOLERABLE) THAT WE HEAR BEING ESPOUSED FROM TODAY'S PULPITS !!!
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Title: One Minute After You Die: A Preview of Your Final Destination by Erwin W. Lutzer ISBN: 0802463223 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Who Are You to Judge? by Erwin W. Lutzer ISBN: 0802409067 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Doctrines That Divide: A Fresh Look at the Historic Doctrines That Separate Christians by Erwin W. Lutzer, Erwin Lutzer ISBN: 0825431654 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: How You Can Be Sure That You Will Spend Eternity with God by Erwin W. Lutzer ISBN: 0802427197 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible by Erwin W. Lutzer ISBN: 0802484395 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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