The apostle Paul warned his young protégé pastor Timothy

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.”  ~2 Timothy 4:3-4

Our world is full of lies.  From our governmental officials, to commercials, to our three-year-old kid trying to hide that broken vase, lies are all around us.  The world is a master at presenting its counterfeit products as the genuine article.  And because Christians are followers of the Truth, you would think we would be more in-tune with sniffing them out.

But many Christians believe many lies.  We sometimes don’t even realize that they are lies because we’ve never actually looked them up in God’s word for ourselves.  It’s just “the way it’s always been.” 

There are hundreds of lies Christians believe, but there are three I have personally seen infiltrate the church, the lives of my friends and family, and even at times my own life. Continue reading →