"It's the nation's first student-managed business," said the announcer. I glanced at my radio in some amusement. This is 2008, and I worked for KSU's Campus Bus Service in the seventies... it was a student managed business at the time. The radio advertisement I had just listened to was clearly incorrect. And yet it was stated as a fact, and is no doubt accepted as such by the majority of people who hear it.
My mind went back to the television program I had watched the night before. A variety of things were stated on that program as absolute facts. And yet no evidence was presented to back them up... no sources were cited... just statements as of fact. And because they came from television, which is the gospel to most people today, they were probably accepted.
Christians have the only source of truth - God's Word - the Bible. And it challenges us to question everything about it. Jesus challenged His audience to "Search the scriptures." (John 5:29). And the Berean Christians were commended for doing just that - validating everything they were taught and heard with the truth of the Bible before believing it: "they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." (Acts 17:11 NKJV)
Question everything, my friend... whether it's from the radio, from TV, or from your preacher. Verify it! Go to the only source of truth and compare what you've heard. Only then can you be guaranteed that what you hear is true.
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