This article is part of the Battle for Truth – Holding the Line series.
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False teaching rarely knocks on the front door wearing a name tag that says “Heresy.”
It comes dressed in familiar language. It uses Christian vocabulary. It quotes Scripture. It sounds...
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Discernment or Deception: Why Every Christian Must Learn the Difference. Deception never comes to your doorstep announcing itself. It comes disguised as wisdom, sounds compassionate, and quotes just enough Bible to seem legitimate. This is why biblical discernment is essential to Christian life...
It's not that how well I make my home somehow measures me but rather homemaking is an opportunity to sew to the Spirit and serve God. It is the hidden person of the heart that God treasures. So if I serve in my home with a good attitude, love, and view to honor God, the temporary engagement of homemaking becomes my spiritual advantage.
Jesus spoke in a way that exposed pride and blindness. “Every one that doeth evil hateth the light… lest his deeds should be reproved” ~John 3:20. When someone resists the truth, it is not because the truth is unclear. It is because the heart does not want it.