Week 1: Spotting False Teaching in Everyday Media

False teaching doesn't usually show up with a warning label. It comes through podcasts, social media feeds, YouTube channels, and best-selling books… wrapped in good vibes and impressive production values. In fact, it usually looks and sounds enticing: “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4). Paul's warning in Ephesians 4 isn't about scholarly details or some distant ancient threat. It's about the dangerous religious world in which we currently live.

This lesson is about sharpening our spiritual senses and stimulating our spiritual awareness. We want to feel confident in recognizing biblical error when we see it, and we need to see the importance of why that skill set matters for every Christian, not just elders, teachers, and theology professors.