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2 Timothy 3 - The Truth Against Deception

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Recognizing Ungodliness, Religious Hypocrisy, and the Necessity of Standing Firm A Warning Not To Be Ignored Study this chapter carefully. Paul's words to Timothy here are not a gentle suggestion to notice that some of the world's peoples behave badly.   Paul gives Timothy a direct warning about the character of people, the danger of religious appearances without genuine godliness, the manipulation of vulnerable people, the resistance of truth, and the increasing deception of those who lead others away from The Faith in Christ.  He then tells Timothy what he must do: remain steadfast in what he has learned and in the sacred writings that make a person wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. This chapter speaks directly to people in our own time. We see people who profess goodness while practicing wickedness, people who claim spiritual authority while exploiting others, and people who speak confidently while leading others away from truth. We also see peop...
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The Branch, The Vine, And The Fruit

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Have you ever looked at a tree and wondered how something so large, so strong, and so full of life could begin with something so small? A tiny shoot appears, grows from the roots, and becomes a living branch.  In time, that branch produces fruit.  The fruit does not appear by accident.  It comes because life is flowing through the tree.  What began in a hidden place becomes visible for everyone to see.  Now, consider what God showed us in His Word about a Branch, the life that comes through Him, and the fruit that grows from that life.  There is a beautiful truth here for everyone who has received Jesus Christ, and it reaches much farther into our hearts than we might realize. Long before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, God gave Isaiah a prophecy concerning the coming Messiah. Isaiah wrote, Isaiah 11:1 , “A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.” Jesse was the father of David, the king of Israel.  God...
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Artificial Intelligence: (warning)

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The Machine That Knows So Much, Yet Can Still Lead You Astray I told my chatgpt AI to examine itself, so to speak, and help me to help it put together an honest message about artificial intelligence, its mistakes, its limitations, and the dangers young people need to know about. The more I looked into it, the more I realized that there was so much more to discuss than simply whether AI gives correct answers or not. We also need to consider how it can affect our thinking, our relationships, our privacy, and even our understanding of truth. I have learned through my own experience that AI can sound very sure of an answer and still be very wrong. I have had to tell it repeatedly to go back, check its information, and verify what it tells me. If this can happen in ordinary conversations, imagine the problems that can arise when someone trusts AI with something far more serious. I'm sharing this message (on it's own page too) because I believe people, especially our young people, ...
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