Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (How Now) [Paperback]

Charles Colson (Author), James S. Bell Jr. (Compiler)

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Series: How Now | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

Charles Colson tackles the deceptions of contemporary society in Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture. Using sound biblical truth and concise examples of individual situations, Colson helps us uncover and dispel the lies proclaimed in today's popular culture. Readers gain a full understanding of underlying motives, events, and repercussions of the lies our culture is feeding us.

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About the Author

The well-known story of Charles Colson's transformation from President Richard Nixon's "hatchet man" who was "incapable of humanitarian thoughts" to founder of the Prison Fellowship Ministries and internationally recognized Christian author and speaker is a triumph of God finding a man and a man finding God. His 1973 conversion to Christianity was followed by a guilty plea to obstruction of justice and a seven-month prison sentence in 1974. He founded Prison Fellowship Ministries in 1976, fulfilling a promise made to fellow inmates that he would "never forget those behind bars."

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414301669
• ISBN-13: 978-1414301662
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Ethics

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102 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lies That Go Unchallenged, July 31, 2005

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Wisconsin Dad (Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (How Now) (Paperback)

Charles Colson tackles the deceptions of contemporary society in Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture. Using sound biblical truth and concise examples of individual situations, Colson helps us uncover and dispel the lies proclaimed in today's popular culture. Readers gain a full understanding of underlying motives, events, and repercussions of the lies our culture is feeding us.

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"No one has a monopoly on truth."
"You can be who you want and do what you want."
"Marriage isn't for forever."

Truths? Lies? Somewhere in between?

These and other statements float through our society-on television and radio, in print media, political speeches, and classrooms. Often these assertions are left unchallenged because they sound good on the surface, yet they embody ideals that fundamentally oppose truth. How can we understand and respond to worldviews that appear to embrace acceptance, tolerance, and peace, but in fact threaten to drown out the truth about our society?

In Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture, Charles Colson examines seven lies that affect our contemporary society, and he brings clarity to various events and trends over the past decade.

Rights of the Individual
Lie #1: We have the freedom of choice to be who we want and to do what we want.

Marriage and the Family
Lie #2: Marriage can be between any two people, and it lasts only as long as both are happy.

Society and Toleration
Lie #3: We'll live in harmony if we tolerate the beliefs of others.

The Arts
Lie #4: Art should break traditional norms and challenge outworn beliefs.

Christians in Culture
Lie #5: Christian beliefs are a private matter.

The Media
Lie #6: Entertainment is a vehicle to help us fulfill personal desires.

Spirituality in Culture
Lie #7: God accepts us as we are, and there are many ways to him.

Useful for individual or group study, Charles Colson's insightful observations and practical applications will help you answer effectively widely accepted misconceptions in popular culture.

90 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When truth is in short supply, September 15, 2005

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William Muehlenberg (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (How Now) (Paperback)

Charles Colson is a leading Christian commentator and apologist. His daily radio commentary, Breakpoint, provides short, punchy and pithy observations on the current scene, be it social, political, moral or cultural.

His incisive commentary is fully informed by a thoroughly biblical world view. Thus he offers a good counter-balance to the relativistic, politically correct and postmodern mindset. Those who may have missed these radio commentaries (or simply prefer the printed word) will be grateful to see many of the better and more recent broadcasts collected into a single volume.

The commentaries are broken own into seven sections: individualism and rights; marriage and family; tolerance and society; the arts; Christianity and culture; the media; and spirituality in culture. Each section contains around a dozen of the short, but meaty, commentaries.

Taken together, the 90 or so pieces cover many of the current events and social issues being discussed today. With so much uninformed commentary, and/or viewpoints representing every perspective but that of biblical Christianity, it is good to see a decidedly Christian version of events.

In an age where truth is in short supply, where morality is hard to come by, and everyone seems to be doing what is right in their own eyes, the words of reason, wisdom and truth found here make for refreshing reading.

The trouble is, it is not just secularists who are so much in need of biblical truth. Many who call themselves Christians are also desperately in need. Too many believers have slavishly followed the trends of the world, instead of setting counter-cultural trends of their own.

This book will help believers to get back to where they should be, and will also help non-believers to rethink many of their currently held positions. It is time to challenge the lies that are so prevalent and pervasive in contemporary culture, and this volume offers a great place to start with in such an important task.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Its always great to have your eyes opened, January 20, 2008

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Mr. Albert Osseily (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (How Now) (Paperback)

To be honest, i love these sort of books. Challenging conventional thinking, particularly from a Christian perspective. Although it has an American slant (talking about American legislation, courts, states and so on) i believe that this is a useful book for general moral principles.

I particularly liked how each topic was very brief, no more than 3 pages, which meant that you didnt get lost if you had to drop the book for an hour or so.

I didnt give it 5 stars, only cause i dont agree with the views on Islam (a peacefull religion we are told in the book) stated in the book.

Otherwise, very good for group talks, i feel.