Study What’s Real to Detect What Isn’t True

Current Teaching Series Unshakable: Thriving No Matter What Hits You

Study What's Real to Detect What Isn't True By Rick Warren — Oct 6, 2017 “Since only your rules can give me wisdom and understanding, no wonder I hate every false teaching” (Psalm 119:104 TLB). The only way to really know what’s fake is to know what’s real. The U.S. Treasury Department trains its agents to spot counterfeit bills by giving them authentic ones to examine, touch, and recognize. There are many ways to counterfeit, but there’s only one version of the real bills. So, a good educational principle is to study what’s real in order to detect what isn’t true. That’s why it is so important to study God’s Word. By knowing biblical truth, we’re able to spot false teaching. Many people today fall for foolish ideas because they don’t know the truth. And because they don’t know what is authentic, they can’t spot a lie. The psalmist wrote, “Since only your rules can give me wisdom and understanding, no wonder I hate every false teaching” (Psalm 119:104 TLB). So how can we find more time to spend in God’s Word? Spend less time in front of screens. Spend less time on our devices. Spend less time cheering on our favorite sports team. By the time a typical American student graduates from high school today, he or she will have spent more than 30,000 hours in front of a screen (including video games, tablets, laptops, and televisions). Any guess how long it takes to read the entire Bible — all 66 books? It’ll take just 80 hours. So, we do have the time. The question is, “How will we use our time?” God gave us his Word to give us the wisdom we need to live a fulfilling and productive life. PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk It Over How have you seen other people become wiser through consistent Bible reading? How has studying the Bible helped people you know? What tends to keep you from spending more time reading the Bible?

Our Gift: Unshakable Study Kit Do you want to thrive in every circumstance? In the Bible, Daniel and his friends rose to top positions of leadership because they were unshakeable in their faith even though they were surrounded by a corrupt culture. Today, the world’s value system increasingly drifts further from God. To thrive, no matter what, you need to dive into scripture and learn how to be unshakeable in your faith. In the 9-part DVD study kit, Unshakable: Thriving No Matter What Hits You, Pastor Rick helps you walk through scripture and learn how to… • Stand strong when your world is shaken • Stay firm when your pressured to conformn • Be bold when your beliefs are belittled • Be confident when you’re asked to do the impossible • Stay cool when the heat is on LEARN MORE

Complete Audio Series (Purchase) Includes nine full-length teaching CD's from Pastor Rick's series Unshakable: Thriving No Matter What Hits You. LEARN MORE

Series Summary Session 1: When Your World is Shaken Up Session 2: When You're Pressured to Conform Session 3: When Your Beliefs are Belittled Session 4: When You're Asked to Do the Impossible Session 5: When the Heat is On Session 6: When God Tests You with Success Session 7: Are You Learning from Those Who Came Before You? Session 8: Will You Stand Strong for God Publicly? Session 9: The Kind of Prayer God Answers PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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