There's nothing wrong with recommending something good that helps another person or people group. That's what I think evangelism is all about recommending a meaningful, faily relationship with Jesus Christ.
I have some too but I'm not going to lean on them.
Some opinions may be helpful or insightful, but opinions are never the final authority. The standard that measures every message, every teaching, and every belief for me is the Word of God. Scripture is indeed the yardstick that shows what is half true, all true, and what is not.
The Bible calls each of us us to examine things carefully.
“Test everything; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
"Scripture alone is absolute truth, essential truth, decisive truth, authoritative truth, undiluted truth, eternal everlasting truth." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
In other words, please don’t accept something simply because it sounds convincing, emotional, or popular. Measure it against what God has actually said in the Bible.
When something lines up with Scripture, just hold on to it firmly—and above all, hold fast to Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He is the way the truth and the life. He didn't say he was a way, or a truth.
How can you be best friends with someone if you don't spend a whole lot of time with them getting candid and listening. How can you know what the Bible really teaches unless you're prayerfully going through it regularly? You wouldn't get a love letter from your soon-to-be spouse and start off in the middle or near the end. Would you? No, you'd read it through from start to finish and then you'd do that three more times at least.
Sometimes I see an interesting news item and wonder about the source. Everyone should wonder about the source of what they're reading and about AI as well.
There are some people that have done their homework well and you can do your homework well too. That's what the Bereans did. They read it properly, tested it. Intelligently. Yes, that's what they consistently did when they heard a message.
Please do test my opinions as well as others against the Word. We do our best, but we mortals are all faluable.
I recommend, applaud, advocate / vouch for, and endorse lots (the gospel most of all -- knowing Jesus), as well as un-recommend gobs that's not good for people. We all have opinions on so many things huh. Yeah, let's all recommend none more than Christ.
Nothing and none more than knowing and worshiping Him. Personally, I LOVE TO GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET RIGHT WITH THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST AS WELL.. everytine I witness with Scriptures to them of Him. You too can do that today! KnowGod.org
You know how some people start off right and then they go way off into left field. Don't go there.
Why stay way out there in left field? It's a horrible place to be. Come back to Him who is TRUE!
Recently some have gotten paid off by Qatar so they trade in their Christian values for Muslim values for bucks. It's moronic.
There are some experts who have been very accurate over the years, even with this recent deluge of fake news in the Legacy Media.
Mr. Charles H. Spurgeon unpacked this idea regularly. He stressed, expounded and explained it memorably.
Christian, Bible principles aren't there to just merely know and stack up. They were given and are there for us to put into practice for God's glory.
The principles of the Bible are from God. The Word of God is the anvil upon which all the dime a dozen opinions of men are smashed to pieces.
A powerful example of this kind of thinking appears in the book of Acts. When Paul and Silas preached in the city of Berea, the people didn’t blindly accept or reject the message. Instead, they listened carefully and then checked what they heard against the Scriptures.
“Now these Jews were more noble… for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” (Acts 17:11)
That is the model: open ears, open Bibles, and a willingness to verify what is taught.
The Bible also warns believers to exercise discernment in spiritual matters:
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1)
Not every message that claims to be spiritual actually comes from God. That is why testing matters. The test is simple:
Does this teaching agree with the truth of Scripture and the holy character of Christ?
What's a person's character and lifestyle really like? Do they practice what they preach?
Is it good, kind, helpful, edifying, Christ honoring and biblical!
Another area where people often get misled is by feelings I've sentimentality. Emotions are part of how God created us sure, but they are not reliable guides for truth to live by. Feelings change with the circumstances of life, moods, and misunderstandings.
One day a person may feel confident and joyful; the next day discouraged and uncertain. Truth, however, does not rise and fall with our emotions.
The Bible repeatedly warns us not to trust our own instincts or impulses as the final authority:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)
Scripture also calls believers to bring their thoughts into alignment with God’s truth:
“We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
This means examining ideas, arguments, and proud opinions that compete with God’s truth and submitting them to what Christ has revealed.
Because of this, Christians are not meant to live by feelings alone or by what “seems right” at the moment. Instead, they live by faith in God’s revealed truth.
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Emotions come and go. Yes they do. Even sincere believers can You have all kinds of feelings and they go through seasons when their hearts feel cold or distant. Yet faith is not built on emotional highs but on the steady truth of God’s unchanging promises. That is why a close relationship with Christ must be cultivated—through prayer dialogue, Scripture, obedience, praise, and gratitude—so that our love for Him does not grow dull over time.
Jesus Himself warned that hearts can drift if they are not carefully guarded:
“You have left your first love.” (Revelation 2:4)
The remedy is not chasing your feelings but returning to the solis truth—remembering who Christ is, what He has done at the cross and resurrection, and continuing to follow Him.
It's not about your truth or my truth cuz there's only one truth, and all truth is God's truth.
So the guiding principle is simple:
Ask for Spiritual discernment in the Lord. Listen carefully, test everything by Scripture, reject what contradicts God’s Word, hold on to what is true, and cling to Jesus Christ above all.
