52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday: ...And Why the Truth Is So Much Better

by Steve McVey

Overview

Could many churchgoing Christians be getting a diluted Christianity—one that diminishes the loving, giving, personal God who provides the believer everything in life?

Author Steve McVey passionately but unwittingly taught from the pulpit the very lies he now exposes. Forthrightly but humbly, he shows how pastors and churches can end up distorting scriptural truths because of their preconceptions.

Opening up the Scriptures freshly, Steve examines typical problems such as

• Leaving out half of the truth: “Becoming a Christian means having your sins forgiven.” (We also are made alive!)
• Using “shorthand” that promotes an unbiblical view: “Our sins are under the blood of Jesus.” (Far better, they’ve been taken away!)
• Confusing our role with God’s: “Salvation is giving your life to Christ.” (More important, He gives His life to us!)

Readers will see that God’s undiluted truth is always best…and brings a fulfilling, close relationship with Him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736940344
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	375 KB

About the Author

Steve McVey is the president of Grace Walk Ministries, a discipleship-training ministry based in the southeastern U.S. He has authored the bestselling Grace Walk (over 250,000 sold), The Grace Walk Devotional, Walking in the Will of God, and 52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday, and has also coauthored Helping Others Overcome Addictions. He and his wife reside in Georgia.

Steve McVey is the president of Grace Walk Ministries, a discipleship-training ministry based in the southeastern U.S. He has authored the bestselling Grace Walk (over 250,000 sold), The Grace Walk Devotional, Walking in the Will of God, and 52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday, and has also coauthored Helping Others Overcome Addictions. He and his wife reside in Georgia.

Table of Contents

Answering the Obvious Question 7

Lie #1 Salvation Is Giving Your Life to Christ 9

Lie #2 Christians Are Just Sinners Saved by Grace 13

Lie #3 When You Became a Christian, God Changed Your Life 19

Lie #4 Becoming a Christian Means Having Your Sins Forgiven 23

Lie #5 Our Sins Are Under the Blood of Jesus 27

Lie #6 Your Greatest Need Is to Love God More 31

Lie #7 The Answer for Weak Christian Commitment Is to Rededicate Your Life to Christ 35

Lie #8 The Holy Spirit Convicts Unbelievers of Their Sins 39

Lie #9 The Christian Life Is All of Him and None of Me 43

Lie #10 You Can Go Too Far with Grace 45

Lie #11 Your Greatest Responsibility Is to Serve God 49

Lie #12 Christ Wants to Have First Place in Your Life 53

Lie #13 God Wants to Give You What You Need 57

Lie #14 We Need to Focus on Overcoming Our Sins 61

Lie #15 We Need to Continually Ask God to Forgive Our Sins 67

Lie #16 When We Do Wrong, We Are out of Fellowship with God 73

Lie #17 You Should Live by the Teachings of the Bible 77

Lie #18 You Need to Find God's Perfect Will for Your Life 81

Lie #19 God Is Disappointed in You When You Do Wrong 85

Lie #20 God Won't Put More on You Than You Can Bear 89

Lie #21 There Are Secular and Sacred Things in Life 93

Lie #22 We Need Revival 97

Lie #23 We Should Befriend Unbelievers in Order to Win Them 103

Lie #24 We Need to Pay the Price to Be Used by God 107

Lie #25 We Need a Fresh Anointing 111

Lie #26 Repentance Brings God's Goodness into Our Lives 115

Lie #27 Grace and Truth Need to be Kept in Balance 119

Lie #28 God Only Speaks Today Through the Bible 123

Lie #29 It's a Sin to Be Depressed 127

Lie #30 You Should Make Jesus Lord of Your Life 131

Lie #31 We Need More Faith 135

Lie #32 Your Sins Can Disqualify You from Being Used by God 139

Lie #33 You Need to Starve the Old Nature and Feed the New 145

Lie #34 We Need to Seek Spiritual Power 149

Lie #35 We Should Live by Christian Morals 153

Lie #36 Your Heart Is Desperately Wicked 157

Lie #37 You Need an Accountability Partner 161

Lie #38 You Grow in Holiness 167

Lie #39 You Should Pray to Love Christ More 171

Lie #40 We Are Positionally Righteous 175

Lie #41 Faith Requires that We Act Positively in Every Situation 179

Lie #42 Christ Empowers Us to Keep God's Law 185

Lie #43 If You Don't Forgive Others, God Won't Forgive You 191

Lie #44 You Shouldn't Do Anything that Might Offend Somebody 197

Lie #45 God Needs You to Accomplish His Work 203

Lie #46 It's Better to Burn Out for Christ Than to Rust Out 207

Lie #47 You Will Be Blessed Because You Tithe 213

Lie #48 Sunday Is the Christian Sabbath 221

Lie #49 If You Pray Long and Hard Enough, God Will Answer Your Prayers 225

Lie #50 The Truth Will Set You Free 231

Lie #51 You Must Forgive and Forget 235

Lie #52 Grace Is a Very Important Doctrine 241