Own What You Believe

“O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived.” (Jeremiah 20:7, NASB)

Why would God ever allow people to believe something that wasn’t true?

Why is it healthy to regularly challenge our assumptions?

High Internalization Potential (HIP) response …

If you can back up your assumptions with reasonable evidence, they’ll endure.

However, if what you believe is nothing more than a house of cards—the sooner it falls, the better (borrowed from C.S. Lewis).

“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road … and in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.” C.S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity

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