Perspective protects us from error

By Rick Warren

Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective. Colossians 3:1-2 (MSG)

"Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds ...." (Ephesians 4:14 LB)

Perspective protects us from error. If there was ever a time that Christians need to be grounded in the truth it is today. We live in a society that rejects absolute truth and accepts every opinion as equally valid.

Pluralism has created a very confused culture. The problem is not that our culture believes nothing but that it believes everything.

God intends for us to have his wisdom and perspective. The result of this will be believers who are ROCK solid: "Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth." (Ephesians 4:14 LB)

The Gospel of the Second Chance

“Go; tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.” Mark 16:7

If I might paraphrase the words, “Don’t stay here, go tell the disciples,” a pause, then a smile, “and especially tell Peter, that he is going before you to Galilee . . .”

It’s as if all of heaven had watched Peter fall–and it’s as if all of heaven wanted to help him back up again . . . No wonder they call it the gospel of the second chance.