Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free

This book was a true blessing. I need someone to remind me of what the bible says and don't sugar coat anything. If you are someone who needs to feel that everything you've done is OK, then this book is not right for you. If you want to know how to live a truly blessed, happy and stress free life then start reading it now.

I recommend this book to any christian women who thinks she doesn't have any lies that she is believing about the christian life/faith/marriage, etc. You will be surprised at how many lies Satan has used to discourage you and bring you down. Some of these lies are very obvious, but others will hit you like a ton of bricks. I know so many women who have read this book that you could probably find a fellow christian to borrow it from;-)

Nancy Leigh DeMoss, with startling clear exegesis of what the Bible really teaches about life and how we should live in the reality of a post-fall world are both comforting, encouraging, and constantly challenging. She does not represent a short of "Christianized" post-modernism but faces up to the hard demands of Scripture in every area. I have found the book to be helpful at so many levels to help me regain a Biblical outlook on life instead of simply acting out cultural assumptions and highly recommend it.

On the birth-control issues, again DeMoss bravely puts forth an idea that is radically against our rather self-centered culture. I am not saying that raising children is an easier than it is! But that isn't the point. Children are a blessing, every one of them. It is my tentative theory that before the fall/flood raising children was easier, because lifespans were longer, it was more spread out. today we have the same many kids naturally, but live like 500 yrs less. That means raising children selflessly today is extremely challenging, but God will never give us more than we can handle. God has built the conception of life as the general result of love between a man and his wife. Not that that's the only purpose of sex (expressing love is), but children are a blessing God Himself has generally built as a result. For some people, letting God decide how many children he will bless them with will mean a large family (and I have seen personally how warm and rich such families are. every member of the family adds something, and the parents will say raising such a large family was definitely challenging at times, but so worth it. each member is infinitely precious) The stress of raising a family will mean giving up a lot of our personal plans, will necessitate patience, a good sense of humor, and lots and lots of grace. But when we are weak, God is strong. Don't let cultural assumptions cause you to write off ideas like this and some others that Nancy brings to the light of Scripture.

This book was written for Christians, but I can't imagine that any woman could read it and remain unchanged. Author DeMoss takes on the lies that ruin our lives and destroy our peace - lies about ourselves, our relationships, our emotions, our circumstances, our sin, and most important of all, God Himself. And then she tells us the truth.

Dissecting Pinocchio: How to Detect Deception in Business, Life, and Love

If you are looking for scientific answers to how and why people lie, I suggest you purchase Dissecting Pinocchio instead. First, let me state that I'm Dissecting Pinochhio's author, and naturally, I'm biased in favor of my own work. That being said, Dissecting Pinocchio gives you real world advice on how to detect, avoid, and deal with deception.

My book is based upon decades of research into the psychology of deception and I believe it is a much better means of addressing the issues surrounding interpersonal communication and deception.