Twisting the Truth Participant's Guide: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception [Paperback]

Andy Stanley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2008

Unraveling the Lies That Twist Our Lives In six insight-packed sessions, Andy Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin. They're deceptions powerful enough to ruin our relationships, our lives, even our eternities---but only if we let them. Including both a small group DVD and participant's guide that work together, Twisting the Truth untwists the lies that can drag us down. With his gift for straight, to-the-heart communication, Andy Stanley helps us exchange falsehoods for truths that can turn our lives completely around.

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About the Author

Andy Stanley is a pastor, communicator, author, and the founder of North Point Ministries, Inc. (NPM). Since its inception in 1995, North Point Ministries has grown from one campus to five in the Atlanta area and has helped plant over thirty strategic partner churches globally. Each Sunday, more than twenty-five thousand people attend worship services at one of North Point Ministries' five campuses: Buckhead Chruch, Browns Bridge Community Church, Gwinnett Church, North Point Community Church, and Watermarke Church. Andy's books include The Grace of God, as well as Enemies of the Heart, Making Vision Stick, The Next Generation Leader, The Principle of the Path, and How Good is Good Enough? Andy lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, with his wife, Sandra, and their three children. For more information about Andy Stanley and North Point Ministries, visit www.northpointministries.org. SPANISH BIO: Andy Stanley sirve como pastor principal en los planteles de North Point Ministries, incluyendo la iglesia North Point Community Church de Alphretta, Georgia, Iglesia Buckhead Church de Atlanta, y la Iglesia Browns Bridge Community Church de Cumming, Georgia. Todos los domingos mas de 20,000 ninos y adultos asisten a uno de los planteles de NPM. Andy Stanley es autor de los exitos de libreria Visioneering How Good is Good Enough? Y Lider de la proxima generacion. el y su esposa, Sandra, tienen dos hijos y una hija.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (December 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310287669
• ISBN-13: 978-0310287667
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pastor Stanley Offers Self-help for Those in Self-deception, January 20, 2010

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This review is from: Twisting the Truth Participant's Guide: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception (Paperback)

Much of American popular culture exchanges biblical ethical norms with various self-indulgent pursuits. In "Twisting the Truth Participant's Guide: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception," Pastor Andy Stanley provides a six-session DVD-based group study that reveals how truth can get "twisted and distorted" as he demonstrates how this self-deception and pleasure-seeking can produce pain and trouble .

Stanley exposes the truth about:

- Our avoidance of rules and fixed moral truths
- Our unscriptural sexual pursuits
- The effects of embracing hedonism
- The painful effects of sin.

Wrong-headed quests built on self-deceptions are potent and will devastate the lives of those who chase them. Herein Pastor Stanley offers the self-aid to open one's eyes in order to reject falsehoods and walk in truth as God's power brings your soul forgiveness, joy, and wholeness. The group study is aimed at turning your life "completely around."

Andy Stanley is a pastor of North Point Ministries in Georgia (and has planted many other churches) and has written numerous self-help books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review of Twisting the Truth, September 21, 2010

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Keiki Hendrix "Vessel Project Book Reviewer" (Greenville, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twisting the Truth Participant's Guide: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception (Paperback)

"A six lesson study packed with thought-provoking truth."

Twisting the Truth by Andy Stanley is a must for those looking to expose deception in our present day culture. We are so molded by what is now so acceptable, so tolerated, and sadly even promoted. We do not realize the devastation of buying into the lies of the enemy.

I purchased the participant guide to use with the Group Curriculum DVD in my next Bible Study. As with all of Andy Stanleys' teachings, I was not disappointed.

This study focused on topics not often discussed in depth such as the truth about authority, the correct view of sex, and all woven back to the central theme of deception.

Thought provoking character skits introduce each weeks session prompting the viewer to focus on the various levels of deception and the often overlooked result. These skits reminded me of C. S. Lewis' `Screwtape Letters' because of the view inside the enemy's camp.

The discussion questions are on point and very useful in igniting discussion and conversation. This is my favorite portion of the guide. We cannot deal with a thing until it is first recognized in light of what God tells us then discussed openly to put to rest all the questions a small group has.

I recommend this highly as well as the DVD Group Curriculum.

Reviewed by: Keiki Hendrix
Reviewed for: The Vessel Project

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Study, May 4, 2010

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Alice "Alice, In Christ's service" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Twisting the Truth Participant's Guide: Learning to Discern in a Culture of Deception (Paperback)

Andy Stanley continues to provide quality small group studies! Two adult Sunday school classes (at my church) have completed the "Twisting the Truth" small group study. Andy's presentation provids life-applicable material and produces good discussion among class participants. Both classes gave the content of this study a thumbs-up, five star rating.