Have you ever heard a statement made that is claimed to be biblical and thought, “Where is that? Is that really what it says?” Have you then gone to the scripture to look it up? If you haven’t, you should. The only place to seek the truth is to read it, but be mindful that the translations we read are not 100% accurate. None of them. The men who translated the Bible, most would have done so with no ill intent ; however, it was impossible to translate the original Hebrew and Greek into, for example, English, in a one-for-one sort of way because the alphabet would be different and words would not have existed, and even the meanings of words could be different. Do the work ; look it up.

No matter how good you think your understanding is, I can almost guarantee you have heard and believed things thought to be from the Bible that are not in there. It doesn’t matter how good you think your pastor is or how much you trust him. He may also just be repeating these Christian sentiments that are not biblical out of tradition. I’ve been a Christian for over 30 years, and I’ve heard a lot of teaching and preaching in that time, and I’ve also been convicted of things over that time, and sometimes it’s, “Is that really what the Bible says? Where is that?” It’s not only good for you to question what you hear ; you should, and then look for the answer in the scripture , not man.

I’m not going to pretend I know everything ; I don’t. My goal here is not to make you believe me or convince you of my thoughts, feelings , and opinions. My goal is to help you think and ask the questions, but more importantly , to search for the truth so that you may grow in your knowledge and relationship with Christ.

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