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The lies Christian women believe are at the root of their struggles. In Lies Women Believe, Nancy Leigh DeMoss exposes areas of deception common to many Christian women - lies about God, sin, priorities, marriage and family, emotions, and more. She deals honestly with women's delusions and illusions and then gently leads them to the truth of Gods word that leads to true freedom
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Ever had questions that you could not find the answers to? Mar 24, 2007
Try this book and see if you find the answers! Our marriage was on the rocks and after prayerfully reading this book, we were able to work it out! The book did'nt save our marriage but the new attitude I found did!
Save Yourself from Reading this Book Mar 1, 2007
I would have given this book a negative 5 stars. I have never read a book where I had to write a disagreement comment on the margin of every page until I read this book. I do not believe that I have so sincerely disliked a book as much as I have disliked this book. What makes it more sad is that I really looked forward to this book.
I was asked to be part of a bible study with a group of about 5 other young ladies and this book was going to be the book we discussed and read together. We went through the work book together. I wanted to quit the bible study before the first week was through.
This author is so judgmental, so condescending, so narrow minded, and clearly has lived such a sheltered life that she has no ability to empathize with anyone. She brags about the fact that she has been sheltered and implies that this is how she has managed to escape these "lies women believe". This book is clearly directed to religious women, however, she openly mocks them for believing these lies. It amazed me that she mocks her intended audience. What editor would allow this book to be published? It is poorly written, she appears not only to be uneducated in her opinions but they are not even based in logic or the bible. She misquotes the bible numerous times in the work book, the questions are misleading, and often make no sense whatsoever.
The lies she actually lists were not lies I believed. I had a difficult time finding a lie that I thought any Christian women believed. She mentions some far more interesting lies that are not covered in her book, but I fear that if she had written about them they would not have been supported by the bible and were only more judgments made by her.
I was so dissapointed in that I believe a more knowledgable Christian women could have written this book and done a wonderful job. The idea was great, but was completely butchered by this author.
I write this review so that nobody else has to go through the torture I went through reading this book.
Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free Feb 19, 2007
Thank you for asking me to review this great book. First of all this book should be read by both women and men. I believe that the lies which are mentioned, not only pretain to women but to men, also. Second this book brings to light the lies we have gotten caught up in without even knowing what was going on. We used this book as a study in our Ladies Bible Study and you would be surprise how it has changed our outlook on life and helped us to be more aware of what is really going on around us. We should always put to the test, no matter the issue, does it line up with Scripture? What does God's Word say to this issue? When we keep our focus on God's Word, the Truth will set us free from the lies and God's forgiveness will give us peace and joy. I highly recommend this book.
Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free Feb 9, 2007
For years I've heard women talk about this book and I finally finished it. Nancy Leigh De Moss's book Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free gives a pretty thorough overview of common areas of deception
* Lies about themselves: I should not have to live with unfulfilled longings * Lies about sin: I cannot walk in consistent victory over sin. * Lies about their marriage: If I submit to my husband, I will be miserable. * Lies about their emotions: I can't control my emotions. * Lies about their circumstances: I just can't take it anymore.
We have all experienced a struggle with at least one of these categories and Nancy sheds some light on these lies and how to be delivered from them to freedom and forgiveness.
The main point I liked from this book was her exhortation to deal specifically with lies in our lives by:
1. Identifying the areas of sinful behavior in our lives 2. Identify the lies at root of that behavior. 3. Replace the lies with the Truth.
I thought Nancy did a good job outlining some of the lies behind feelings and thoughts women have-not believing that God loves you, entitlement, physical beauty matters most, my sin isn't really that bad, it is my responsibility to change my husband, I can't control my emotions, I shouldn't have to suffer and if my circumstances were different, I would be different. As you can see, she covers many of the ways in which we could be deceived. At the end of each chapter she has provided questions to stimulate personal reflection over the material helping the reader-"Agree with God. Accept responsibility. And affirm the Truth." She says at the end of the book, "True freedom is found in a vital, growing relationship with the Lord Jesus." (p. 250) Overall she has some good perspectives.
I found the main premise of this book to actually be pretty confusing. It seems that she is writing to Christian women, but then she says that if she had to describe the majority of Christian women she would use the following words:
frazzled, defeated exhausted, depressed burned-out, ashamed overwhelmed, emotionally unstable confused, uptight angry, insecure frustrated, lonely discouraged, fearful and, yes, even suicidal Bondage is another word that comes to mind when I think of contemporary Christian women...they are not free...by their own admission. (p. 17)
These Christian women don't really sound like Christian women at all. There really is no difference between that list above and the life of a non-Christian woman. It isn't to say that the Christian woman does not struggle with some of those things, I know I have felt exhausted, overwhelmed, angry and discouraged, but can a Christan woman be in bondage to something other than God?
I looked up the word bondage in the dictionary and it presents the idea of someone being subject to, controlled and mastered by something. If a Christian woman struggles in her relationship with God because she thinks, "God isn't good. If her were He would______." Nancy's method to evaluate the lie and replace it with the truth is very helpful, but I don't think Scripture describes a real Christian being mastered by doubt or fear, or anything other that the Lord.
In Romans 6:16-18 Paul writes:
"Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
Throughout this book, De Moss wants the reader to know that they are not alone and that struggling with these deceptions is very normal. She offers Biblical hope in saying that change is possible through the person of Jesus Christ and the power of the truth of God's Word. In using terms like "bondage" or "enslaved to_____" to describe Christians, but in light of Romans 6, I think De Moss is confusing the need for "sanctification" with the need for "justification."
* Being justified is a one time event in which a sinner is made right with God. Justification is the moment where through faith in Christ a person is set free from sin, judgment and eternal death and given a relationship with God and the power of the Holy Spirit. At justification, God makes you a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), you are filled with the Holy Spirit and empowered to resist temptation and pursue righteousness.
* Being sanctified is the lifelong process of putting off sin and putting on holiness.
If someone has not been justified they cannot be sanctified. This book was in need of clarity on this point.
All in all this book offered some Biblical insights on lies that we women believe. A Christian woman using good discernment can glean some great things from this book, but I don't know that I would really recommend it. Instead of this book I would suggest Martha Peace's new book Damsels in Distress: Biblical Solutions for Problems Women Face.
Taking Off Lie-Tinted Glasses Feb 8, 2007
Many Christian self-help authors write a paragraph of popular wisdom, attach a Bible verse, suggest an application and repeat the cycle. DeMoss is much more studied and thorough. She writes from an overall Biblical worldview on the nature of mankind and our purpose on earth, as well as from a thorough understanding of the innumerable issues and pitfalls that face the average woman on a day-to-day basis. Her experience of years of discipling and counseling women bring richness and depth to this body of wisdom for women who have been caught up in the most subtle and deadliest lies spit out by our contemporary culture and the enemy of all who bear the image of God.
