Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: How Misreading the Bible Neutralizes Christians and Empowers Liberals, Secularists, and Atheists
Overview
Myths, Lies and Half-Truths adopts Jesus’ methodology of taking a closer look at God’s Word and applies it to erroneous misinterpretations that have resulted in a virtual shut-down of the church’s full-orbed mission in the world (Acts 20:27). These traditional but mistaken interpretations and applications of popular Bible texts to contemporary issues have resulted in the Christian faith being “thrown out and trampled under foot by men” (Matthew 5:13).
Too many Christians believe that the Bible is irrelevant this side of heaven. While the homosexual community, which makes up about one percent of our population—exercises tremendous impact on our culture and laws, Christians, who make up about thirty-five percent of the population, have voluntarily abandoned the culture war, electing to hide the gospel under a bushel instead.
Our nation is in a crisis. The world is crying out for answers in the face of bewildering and seemingly unsolvable problems. Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths shows that the Bible has real answers to these problems—answers that the church is currently ignoring.
Christianity’s failure to show itself practical in the past 150 years has guaranteed the success of secularism and militant Islam, both of which are doing incalculable harm at home and abroad. The rejection of any type of “this-worldly” application of the Bible has resulted in the proliferation of man-centered worldviews that have steadily drained the life out of our world and left behind a spiritual vacuum.
Will the church of Jesus Christ be prepared with biblical answers for the millions who will be ready to follow the light of the gospel as the folly of humanism and Islam is made manifest? (2 Timothy 3:9). Now is the time to make the necessary theological preparations.
Since Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths is fully integrated with Logos, Scripture passages are linked to your favorite translation for quick reference and to your Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts for original-language study! You can also read this volume along with your Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the wealth of other Bible study tools in your digital library.
- Provides a biblical perspective on contemporary issues
- Answers from the Bible to the problems addressed
Top Highlights
“These misreadings led to misunderstandings which resulted in creating a mythological tradition that had the effect of nullifying what God’s Word actually said and meant. Over time, the traditions were used by religious authorities to supplant the truth and misdirect the people down an unbiblical path. Jesus said the following to the Scribes and Pharisees: ‘Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.… You nicely set aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition’ (Mark 7:8–9).” (Page xviii)
“What did God do? He converted the man who led the persecution and made him a missionary to the Roman Empire!” (Page vii)
“If God accomplished all of this with a few disciples with little or no social influence and no political connections, why does it seem incredible to accomplish something similar with hundreds of millions of believers today? Is the gospel any less effective?” (Page viii)
“Of course, in one sense Western culture is now Enlightenment culture, and abortion is evidence that the reformational worldview has been discarded.” (Page 313)
“as well as Socialism, atheism, naturalism, and relativism” (Page 318)
- Title: Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: How Misreading the Bible Neutralizes Christians and Empowers Liberals, Secularists, and Atheists
- Author: Gary DeMar
- Publisher: American Vision
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 372
