Can your favorite information or news media site be trusted to give godly teaching and advice? (After all, shouldn’t Christians take advice from a godly source?)

Are you unwittingly letting your world-view and opinions be shaped by hearsay and anti-Christian perspective?

Read this eye-opening and challenging article to find out.

From Whom Do You Take Advice?

There are many websites that post skeptic and supposed ‘factual’ knowledge about a wide variety of topics. Some websites purport to give answers to many of life’s questions including the origins of life. Others give instructions on how to ‘do’ things. One can ask, stumble upon, or find information on almost any topic that can be imagined.

In just the last few years websites have sprung up masquerading as factual encyclopedias and sources of advice. Americans are notorious for believing anything in print without thinking critically about what they have read.

Just A Few Simple Questions…

* Would you pay a brain surgeon for repair advice on your car’s engine or transmission?
* Would you ask someone how to use email when they don’t use a computer?
* Would you seek to learn about Creation from someone who doesn’t believe that God created everything?
* Should you trust someone’s ‘factual’ information about morals when they post pornography, promote homosexuality, post curse words, and claim evolution as fact?

And more to the point...

Should you take advice about a Christian Bible college from a source which claims to not be Christian and doesn’t believe:

The inerrant truth of the Bible, or
That there is only one divine, triune God, or
That Jesus is the only way to heaven?

Exactly what is the meaning of ‘wiki’?

The Oxford American Dictionary defines it thusly: “a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.”

Therefore, by it’s very nature a website which generates (or reposts) content submitted by its users is nothing more than the sum of the opinions and beliefs of the posters. It further stands to reason that the facts and articles posted will be censored and controlled by the website owners and authorities.

What steps should one take to critically evaluate advice posted on the internet?

* Evaluate the character and integrity of the source of the advice.
* Evaluate the values and world-view of the source.
* Evaluate the purpose of the advice being given.
* Determine if the advice is given by someone you respect.
* Review the advice to determine any bias and whether the source shares your values.
* Analyze the source of the facts. Are the facts opinion or hearsay? Are they current?
* Are there any academic qualifications or demonstrated subject expertise required to post ‘factual’ information on the website?
* Would Jesus agree with the values and the message of the source of advice?

Can Patriot be trusted to give godly teaching and advice? (After all, shouldn’t Christians take advice from a godly source?)

I. Patriot bases all teachings on the Bible and God’s absolute truth.
II. Patriot has been teaching God’s absolute truth for nearly 30 years.
III. Jesus said “He is the way, the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6). Patriot believes this and follows Jesus, only.

Therefore, what is the price of truth? Half-truths, lies, hearsay, and opinion are generally free to disseminate in the age of Internet. Teaching Truth and the privilege of teaching Truth often comes with a high price. Often, the 'truth teacher' must suffer a price.

The truth of this article is not received or valued by everyone. What about you? This is why Patriot says, “In God We Trust; Not the praise of men”.

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