The Secret Revealed: Exposing the Truth About the Law of Attraction

by James L. Garlow, Rick Marschall

Jim Garlow, the bestselling author of Cracking DaVinci's Code, along with Rick Marschall take on the New York Times bestseller The Secret to expose its distortion of truth from a biblical perspective.

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2007

About the author

Jim Garlow is an American evangelical leader, author, and former Senior Pastor of Skyline Church in La Mesa, California. Known for his outspoken political activism and theological conservatism, Garlow has played a prominent role in efforts to influence public policy from the pulpit, particularly through his leadership in the "pulpit freedom" movement. He was instrumental in mobilizing religious support for California’s Proposition 8 and later served as chairman of Renewing American Leadership, a nonprofit founded by Newt Gingrich.
A frequent commentator on social and political issues, Garlow advocates for a return to what he calls “authentically biblical” Christianity and has urged evangelicals to abandon the term “evangelical” altogether. He has controversially equated political disengagement among Christians with moral failures of the past and maintains that biblical values must guide political decisions. He has publicly supported Donald Trump and collaborated with figures like Glenn Beck, despite criticism over interfaith alliances.
In addition to his activism, Garlow has authored numerous books, including the New York Times best-seller Cracking DaVinci’s Code. He holds advanced degrees from Drew University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Asbury Theological Seminary, and has served as a professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Following the death of his first wife, Carol, in 2013, Garlow married Rosemary Schindler in 2014. Together, they have a blended family of eight children and nine grandchildren.

Reviews

[Stefany Peris]

Lovely discovery of how we attract positive things by thinking positively. When you concentrate on the negatives in your life they are bound to come true so why not focus your energy to positive thinking. Good book to read after The Secret is 'The Monk who sold his Ferari'.

[Didik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buku ini merupakan counter attack dari buku "The Secret"-nya Rhonda Byrne yang mengusung Law of Attraction.

Isinya kebanyakan membahas satu per satu kelemahan dari masing-masing contoh kasus dan komentar yang ada di The Secret, baik di bukunya maupun di DVD-nya.

Sebagian besar dasar yang digunakan untuk Exposing The Truth About Law of Attraction adalah ajaran Kristiani (Alkitab).

Para penulis The Secret Revealed, yang merupakan pastor, dengan detil dan berdasarkan data sumber referensi dapat menunjukkan kelemahan dan ke-tidakdapatdipercaya-an dari prinsip/hukum yang disampaikan The Secret. Bahkan, mereka menganggap bahwa The Secret berpotensi "membahayakan" karena mempengaruhi pembacanya untuk menjadi pengkhayal dan menjadi materialistis. Memang, sebagian besar gambaran contoh yang ada di The Secret lebih banyak menonjolkan materialisme dan cenderung mengajarkan orang untuk mengkhayal saja tanpa bekerja dan sekonyong-konyong "The Universe" akan memberika n segala sesuatu yang kita khayalkan itu.

Buku The Secret mengusung Law Attraction dengan merujuk dari berbagai ajaran agama dan berbagai filosofi dari Orang-orang Besar yang ada dalam sejarah, termasuk dari Alkitab. Tapi, buku The Secret Revealed mencoba mematahkan Law of Attraction berdasarkan ajaran Kristiani juga. Pasti akan lebih seru juga bila ada yang mengupas prinsip/hukum tersebut dari segi ajaran Islam atau Hindu atau Budha atau yang lainnya.

Howgh.

[Hava · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Secret Revealed: Exposing the Truth About the Law of Attraction by James L. Garlow and Rick Marschall was a book that definitely didn’t impress me. I had originally heard about The Secret from a friend of mine who really believed it with every fiber of his soul. I sat down and watched the movie with him... Click here to continue

[Golda Gabriel · Rating 1 out of 5]

You'd think that if this book was supposed to disprove and discredit the "Secret" and the "Law of Attraction", that it would be easy to read. I thought that it would argue with science, at the very least, logic...was i wrong. The stupid writing is worse than the concept it aims to discredit. It will make believers out of non-believers of the Secret. Its effect is exactly the opposite of what it set out to do.

[Dorena · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was passed along to me. I got to page 57 and thought this isn't worth my time to read. Who cares about revealing the secrets to The Secret? I can't believe there are almost 300 pages about it. Maybe these authors were bored?

[Wirotomo Nofamilyname · Rating 3 out of 5]

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