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The Deceived (Forbidden Doors #2)

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Hi! I really recommend this book to all teenagers who are into Jesus and like to be kept on the edge of their seat. The whole forbidden Door series is great. I rate this a top notch book. It teaches the importance of not letting even a little bit of sin in your life. If you give it an inch, it takes about a hundred miles. So give you whole self to God, not just part. Myers really emphazises the importance of faith and prayer. Please read this book!

My daughter, like many girls her age, has an interest in R.L. Stine books. She desires to know more about the spiritual realm, and she wants to face her fears. Healthy desires, yes. Open to deception, absolutely.

Bill Myers "Forbidden Doors" books have been just what the Physician ordered. I've enjoyed Myers' adult novels, but I think his books for the younger set are even more entertaining. And, above all, they shed light on the biblical definitions of good and evil.

"The Deceived" is the second book we've read together. We liked the first book, but this one was even more riveting. This time, Myers lets one of his main characters, Rebecca, face the deception that's all around. She begins to succumb to the "logic" of reincarnation and hypnotism, mesmerized by the beguiling Maxwell Hunter. Her struggle is believable. Scary stuff. And, with the end of each chapter, my daughter was begging for more. In fact, she let her library book of R.L. Stine's sit abandoned on the table as we cruised through the pages of "The Deceived" to discover Rebecca's final outcome.

We've already obtained a copy of the third book, "The Spell." We can't wait to get started! Hello, Bill Myers. Goodbye, R.L. Stine!

I really enjoyed reading Deceived. It highlighted a lot of misconceptions about hypnotism, whether it is authentic and whether it is scripturally based. It also satiated my curiosity about the occult and its practices today's times. Although I am an adult and a mature Christian in my faith a lot of questions regarding hypnotism and how it is viewed from a biblical perspective were answered for me. I enjoyed this book. It was educational and interesting. Bill Myers supports it with scripture and keeps it clear and simple. I highly recommend this series for all teenagers and young adults. Adults can get a lot out of this reading also. I plan to continue reading books by Bill Myer. It's a welcomed change in my collection of literature. A thrilling reading experience.

Becka and Scott Williams, along with their mother, move to California after having spent many years in the jungles of South America. They were missionaries, and their dad's plane crashed. Becka is trying to fit in to the California scene, after having spent most of her growing-up years in the jungle. Her younger brother, Scott, makes friends more easily and is less shy than she is.

In this particular book, a hypnotist gives a lecture at the Ascension Bookshop. He "chooses" Becka for hypnosis and makes her believe she lived a former life as a powerful king. This book shows how gullible people can be, even Christians. I was disappointed in the mother for allowing this to happen. I was also disappointed in Becka because she became arrogant and unsensitive, thinking she was royalty. But she was nothing more than a brain-washed victim; I've seen people in real life from certain churches who have this same type of brainwashing.

Will Scott have enough faith and courage to convince Becka of the truth? Will he have enough encouragement from from Z?

Z is a mysterious Christian friend that Scott met "on-line". The author gives a warning at the end of the book letting us know that when this series was conceived, there were not "bad" guys on-line, like there are now, and to be extremely careful about who you talk to on-line. In this particular book, Scott and his friend Darryl try to find out Z's identity. Will they succeed?

I feel these books are a very cozy series because they are centered around a very loving, Christian woman and her two Christian children. They all love each other very much. They have a very cozy home, and I can just "feel" and "imagine" how warm and loving and cozy their home is.

I recommend this "teen" Christian book to anybody, regardless of age. These books deal with issues that are real. Because of the encouragement and enlightment, anybody can benefit from these books.

I feel these are some of the best Christian books ever written.

The Deceived

Imagine that you have been hypnotized and then you experience some pretty harsh memories. It has you looking, acting, and is getting treated like a king. Then this guy that has gone nuts comes to your house, hypnotizes you again and then starts going out with your mom.

In the book The Deceived Bill Myers, the writer of the book, has a girl named Rebecca relive some tragic moments of her life while being hypnotized. Maxwell Hunter, the guy that hypnotized her, goes to Rebecca's house to hypnotize her again because he said that she had a magic power and then ends up going on a date with her mom. Her brother Scott is e-mailing a guy that goes by Z on the internet about Rebecca. Her friend Ryan thinks this Maxwell guy is bad, along with her mom and brother because her mom saw Maxwell killing a dog for fun. Maxwell starts killing the dog though his mind and with his eyes.

If you read this book it can really have a lot of favorite parts in it for you. A lot of lessons that you can learn are don't trust a hypnotist, don't let a freaky guy go on a date with your mom, and other important lessons.

If you love suspenseful books then you will love this one. It is also a book that you will have trouble laying down because it is an exciting book.

This book is great. I'm a teen and I still love this book.
Reincarnation is definetly not my specialty( I never understood it before) but Bill Myers explained it and showed us how dangerous it is.

Bill Myers is an excellent author! I have read almost the entire Forbidden Doors series and I can tell you it is not just for teens, I am a 28 year old mother of 3 and I can not put them down. I just wish they were longer. My 8 year old is even starting to read them. I have read Bill Myers other works of fiction (for adults) and his young adult books are just as gripping and realistic as the adult ones. Keep up the Lord's work!!!!

Hi, I'm Stefanie and I want to tell whoever is reading this, Read The Decieved by Bill Myers. It is a great book about the dangers of hypmotism, satin, and teaches the bible and about Jesus at the same time. Young pre-teens can even read it! I am 11 and Strongly recommend it for almost any age. If you don't believe me, read the other reviews and check out The Decieved and other forbidden doors books by Bill Myers.

Matthew 24:24 warns "For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect --- if that were possible." With all the enticing messages trying to lead Christian young people astray, "The Forbidden Doors Series" by Bill Myers provides a bit of insight into the subtle temptations of mysticism conspiring to lead the individual into spiritual destruction.

In "The Deceived", Myers examines the dangers posed by hypnosis and reincarnation. The main character, a high school student named Rebecca, is mesmerized by a hypnotist and undergoes past-life regression.

Thinking she is the reincarnation of a French monarch, Rebecca longs to reconnect with the powers she is convinced she once possessed, Rebecca falls under the influence of a renowned motivational speaker. However, does this occultist have Rebecca's best interests at heart or an intention far more sinister in mind?

The family depicted by Myers is highly sympathetic in nature since as average Christians they have an inkling something is amiss but, as with the rest of us unaccustomed to dealing with the paranormal, the characters are forced to struggle with phenomena not all that common for the majority living in the rational lands of the scientific West.

Young readers will enjoy "The Deceived's" suspenseful content. Parents will be relieved that the Christian approach taken to the material will prevent the excitement from luring the child into the world of the occult and perhaps even inoculate young minds against these dangers when they manifest themselves in other expressions of popular culture.

by Frederick Meekins

The forbidden doors are one of my top 5 favorite series that I have read. I like book 2 the deceived because it tells you how hypnotism and other things in life can deceive you. Bill Myers is great at setting the scene for you in all his books I guarantee that you will be on the edge of you seat waiting with anticipation waiting for the next thing to happen. Bill Myers in this books takes Rebecca and a guy named Ryan to a speaker who talks about reincarnation. The speaker hypnotizes Rebecca and after that weird stuff starts to happen to her. Watch in this book as God brings Rebecca through this difficult trial in her life.