Top Worst "Christian" Books?

[redblue22]

What are the top worst "christian" books? (and maybe why you think so)

 

[Southernscotty]

Any name and claim it prosperity gospel. I have read some crazy claims

 

[drjean]

Any book by Rick Warren. (Purpose Driven Church, Life etc) Books have Scripture references to look up (which obviously people don't and just believe it supports what he says) and said references often have appearance of someone going through index words and selecting one.
He promoted joining with moslems in what we "agree upon", urged churches to remove crosses and hymns that denote Jesus as Son of God...so as not to offend moslems (nearly 3000 churches have done so.)

Restoring the Shack...Paul Young, Wayne Jacobsen Six Major Problems with The Shack

 

[brinny]

Any books by Joel Osteen.

 

[brinny]

i don't mean to break any hearts or to tweak any fans, but...

any books by Alistair Begg.

 

[JAM2b]

Michael and Debbi Pearl "To Train up a Child" It's awful. Their instructions on childrearing are to be very controlling and abusive. Another awful Christian parenting book is Babywise by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo. They also wrote a teaching series call "Growing Kids God's Way."

They do use Scripture but use an interpretation that is based on opinion and personal interpretation. None of these people who wrote these books are professionally educated in child development, education, psychology, nutrition, or medical science. They include instructions on how to feed and structure your child's sleep routines and what they should be doing during their waking hours. The discipline is very strict, harsh, emotionally abusive, and very oppressive.

Churches have actually split over the Ezzo's teaching. The Ezzo's work was looked into by a Christian research organization to see if it was a cult. They did meet many of the criteria for classifying as a cult, but not quite all of them.

 

[JAM2b]

The Shack. I feel sick just thinking about it. I read the first part of it, and could not continue. I was ridiculed and criticize by a christian friend for rejecting it. It includes a parent's worst nightmare type of situation and, to my understanding is followed by the dude going to the place where the unthinkable happened to his daughter and having unusual and difficult to believe encounters with someone he believes to be God manifesting himself in various forms. It's supposed to have brought on healing or faith for the man.

NOPE.

There is a movie now. I refuse to watch it.

 

[Brightmoon]

Any of the Left Behind series. So poorly written they were unreadable.

 

[Niels]

I Kissed Dating Goodbye, by Joshua Harris. It ruined dating for many in my generation. Even if you didn't like the book, its impact was hard to avoid due to the effect it had on other people.

The Shack was pretty bad too. I didn't make it very far before putting it down in disgust.

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[MehGuy]

Creepy smile.

 

[Noxot]

never read them but my vote is for the left behind series. they are so bad that I don't like them even though I never read them.

 

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I read the Shack. And I don't get for the life of me how it sold as many units as it did. I'm sorry, but it was decent but I've read much better fiction. I can imagine the same things for the Left Behind series too. But for that I'm bias because I don't believe there's going to be some "sneaking away rapture". I just don't believe the Bible teaches that. It technically means that Christ is coming two times. Anyway, I digress.

 

[Sketcher]

I Kissed Dating Goodbye, by Joshua Harris. It ruined dating for many in my generation. Even if you didn't like the book, its impact was hard to avoid due to the effect it had on other people.

I didn't have to read this book in order to be personally affected by its fallout.

 

[MrMoe]

Anything by Creflo "Took Your" Dollar.

 

[JAM2b]

"The Boy who Came Back from Heaven" was a total hoax. The other one called, "Heaven is For Real" is still claimed to be true, but I have my doubts. From the first time I saw them, I felt it was fishy. I never read either. I didn't feel ok in my spirit about it. I felt like it was an over enthusiastic exaggeration at best or a hoax at worst. I was a little tempted to read it, so I could see if holes could be poked in it, but I didn't want to waste my money or time. I figured if it was bad, then that would soon be realized by the public who didn't mind throwing money into it.

The boy the book "The Boy who Came Back from Heaven" is about has now revealed that it was made up. At first people took it mean evidence of God, Heaven, and a need a for salvation and love from the Savior. In the end it only marred Christian book reputation and made us look like idiots to an unbelieving world.

Also, not a book, but the artwork of the little girl who painted pictures of Jesus. I just don't know that I believe that. It doesn't feel right. As far as it being a vision of Jesus she had, the person portrayed in those paintings looks kind of generic. He has the general look of man from that region. He could look like a million other guys. I don't think it is unreasonable to imagine that's what Jesus looked like and claim that you had a vision or dream, and I say this as someone who has spiritual dreams.