Completely agree with your reflections on the psychological and information war we are in with the media. How do we ever know what’s true? How can we verify anything or know people’s motives when they release information. I got into this same huge discussion with a good friend of mine about the NS2 pipeline and the Hersch bombshell article... was it true? Is he trustworthy? What does he gain by releasing the article? How can we know for sure? Did someone pay him to do it? Who is he working for? It is quite infuriating to know that we just do t know the answers to those questions. So we can’t know for sure what the reality is. The Bible teaches us to be innocent as doves but shrews as a snake (or something like that! 😂) and I think what is comforting amidst the battle for truth in our society is that we do know the ultimate truth of the condition of the human heart and who wins in the end, indeed, he has already triumphed over the world. 1 John 5:4-5 ‘for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.’
Thanks Joel. Yes I'm on the same page. I suppose one could say that our understanding of man's sin and our capacity to deceive both ourselves and others applies to the government and the media s much as it does to any other person or area of society. J
Jamie, I came across your new irreverent article which says claim your free listening but it won’t let me access it… what am I doing wrong? Or is it to do with my settings or cookies or whatever else I don’t know anything about? Thanks for reading this msg x
Thank you for the honest transcript of your life, thoughts and feelings, Jamie. Honesty (I.e self awareness) is so vital, I believe, in opening ourselves up to God’s attempts to commune with us, because the temptation to put ourselves (life, thoughts and feelings) in pole position is so real (god delusion). It’s prob why the first commandment is the first commandment. 😏
Completely agree with your reflections on the psychological and information war we are in with the media. How do we ever know what’s true? How can we verify anything or know people’s motives when they release information. I got into this same huge discussion with a good friend of mine about the NS2 pipeline and the Hersch bombshell article... was it true? Is he trustworthy? What does he gain by releasing the article? How can we know for sure? Did someone pay him to do it? Who is he working for? It is quite infuriating to know that we just do t know the answers to those questions. So we can’t know for sure what the reality is. The Bible teaches us to be innocent as doves but shrews as a snake (or something like that! 😂) and I think what is comforting amidst the battle for truth in our society is that we do know the ultimate truth of the condition of the human heart and who wins in the end, indeed, he has already triumphed over the world. 1 John 5:4-5 ‘for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.’
Thanks Joel. Yes I'm on the same page. I suppose one could say that our understanding of man's sin and our capacity to deceive both ourselves and others applies to the government and the media s much as it does to any other person or area of society. J
Jamie, I came across your new irreverent article which says claim your free listening but it won’t let me access it… what am I doing wrong? Or is it to do with my settings or cookies or whatever else I don’t know anything about? Thanks for reading this msg x
Thank you for the honest transcript of your life, thoughts and feelings, Jamie. Honesty (I.e self awareness) is so vital, I believe, in opening ourselves up to God’s attempts to commune with us, because the temptation to put ourselves (life, thoughts and feelings) in pole position is so real (god delusion). It’s prob why the first commandment is the first commandment. 😏
Excellent advice. Thank you. I just realise though I have read this first thing in the morning.