Lies Women Believe

A director of women's ministries and host of a Christian radio show offers a largely thoughtful program of fundamentalist Christian advice. Twenty-two issues are framed as lies and then presented as truths--issues like how to deal with temptation, adversity, loneliness, restlessness, physical and emotional abuse, and less than ideal clerical authority. The advice is grounded in the literal belief that all worthy direction comes from obedience to God and from those males entrusted with interpreting God's Word. The author's teachings on truth, spiritual integrity, respect for the natural order, and self-respect are comprehensible enough. But her distrust of personal discernment and judgment will appeal to a limited audience. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine