The goal of living a discerning life is to avoid being deceived. That’s our challenge and that’s our hope. By learning to apply biblical discernment, we can protect ourselves, our families, and our churches. And the first step in that process is to recognize the pattern of deception. The First Step of Deceit Opportunity...
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Deceived: The Opposite of Discernment (Day 4)
The point of this month-long conversation about discernment is not, surprisingly, to torture you. Or bore you. It’s not to make you twitchy or even put you to sleep. It’s because being deceived is the opposite of discernment. Deception is a serious thing, and because of how God made us, it’s a particularly high...
30 Days of Biblical Discernment
Okay, you guys. This is it. On something of a whim, I’m committing myself to posting every day in November. 30 Days of biblical discernment. Now, real life being what it is, I may not get something up every day. Forgive me now, okay? I was going to title this post November and Biblical...
The Path of Deception
In Genesis 3, the woman in the garden was deceived.¹ The choice she made was intentional, but she reached her (wrong) conclusions because she never realized she was on the path of deception. Unfortunately, we are all at risk in this area. Whether the message is about the Bible, current political or social issues...