Solid Ground in Shaking Times 5: Clear Thinking Amidst Confusion - 1 John 2:18-27

Sometimes things get lost in translation. Once when my son was a boy he ordered hot chocolate at a nice coffee shop and somehow they heard "espresso", which was very disappointing for him. Another level of frustration is a DIY project where the instructions, guaranteed to be very simple, confuse you so much that you wonder if it's easier to just set them aside and figure it out yourself. I used to live in terror of someone thinking wrong about me. Since then it has happened so much that I've moved past that. What frustrates me deeply is when people think wrong of the Church. And far more grievous when they think wrong of God. People walk away from God because of misinformation. That's so much more weight than a simple DIY project. I want to talk today about how to avoid falling away in a world where there is more and more misinformation. We're walking through 1 John in a series called "Solid Footing in Shaky Times". Today's message is called "Clear Thinking Amid Confusion". I want to read chapter 2:18-27. Extra reading: Deuteronomy 18:15-22 Preacher: Bill Dyck