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Opening Prayer: Introduction Take your Bible and turn with me to 2 Timothy chapter 2, and in just a moment we are going to begin reading with verse 24. We have been studying together what it means to be Anchored in Truth: Growing in Spiritual Discernment in an Age of Confusion. We have learned that discernment…

If you would, take your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to John 10:11 then to Acts 20:28–31 . Throughout this series, we have been learning the importance of knowing truth, recognizing error, testing what we hear, and developing biblical discernment without becoming cynical. But today we need to…

Opening Prayer If you would take your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to Philippians 1:9–11 . As we continue our series, Anchored in Truth: Growing in Discernment in an Age of Confusion , we have spent a great deal of time learning how to recognize error. We have talked about the authority of Scripture,…

Key Text: 2 Peter 2:1–3 If you would, take your copy of God’s Word and turn to 2 Peter 2 . As we continue our series, Anchored in Truth: Growing in Spiritual Discernment in an Age of Confusion , we come to an important question: How can we recognize false teaching when we encounter it? In our previous…

Opening Prayer If you would, take your copy of God’s Word and turn to 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 . As we continue our series, Anchored in Truth: Growing in Discernment in an Age of Confusion , today we are going to consider how truth gets distorted. One of the greatest dangers to the Christian life is that…

Text: John 16:12–15 INTRODUCTION If you would, take your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to John 16:12–15 . As we continue in our series, Anchored in Truth: Growing in Discernment in an Age of Confusion , we have seen that biblical discernment is the ability to recognize truth, identify error, and…

Text: Hebrews 5:11–14 Introduction One of the greatest dangers in the modern church is the assumption that spiritual maturity happens automatically with time. Many people assume that because they have attended church for years, listened to countless sermons, or identified themselves as Christians for…

Opening Prayer Introduction Please take your Bible this morning and turn with me to Romans chapter 12. Our primary text will be verse 2, but we'll also spend time in several other passages that help us understand one of the most practical truths in the Christian life. There is an old saying that two…

Opening Prayer Text: 2 Timothy 3:16–17 Introduction Church, if you've been paying attention to the world around us, you've probably noticed how quickly things are changing. Ideas that seemed settled just a few years ago are now being questioned. Standards that once seemed obvious are constantly being…

Genesis 3:1–7 Introduction Every conflict has an origin. Every war has a first battle. Every great story has a beginning. The struggle between truth and error is no different. If we want to understand why discernment is so important today, we must travel back to where the conflict first began—not in…