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...
Tag: Genesis 3
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...
Twin Attacks
The serpent met the woman in the garden, near a tree. And he leveled twin attacks at her that still reverberate, even now. Attack #1 – God isn’t trustworthy Genesis 3:1 says, “He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” It doesn’t really...