Threads Notes

7Loved ones, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8)

Not neglecting getting together (Heb. 10:25) means more than sitting through a church service. We need the encouragement, correction, and insight provided by discussing in a small group. #church #newtestament

If you’re more offended by the sins of others than you are by your own, you are probably looking in the wrong direction.

The questions asked in a poll are very important. If you want to understand the results, go back to the source and try to find the questions and methodology used. Good polls and information resources generally provide that information.

If you read just news headlines, or even just the first summary paragraph, you are likely to be misled. Often context and caveats can be found in later paragraphs. They’re just less exciting!

When reading any information that is accompanied by numbers, check where the numbers came from. 95% of people won’t do that. I made that last one up, and often numbers cited in news stories are little better.

“Figures lie and liars figure.” Rather, liars use figures in lying ways to hide their lies. Thus news text, such as 1 I read, “x’s support plunges”. The figures behind that showed a drop of 2% in a poll with a +/-3% margin of error.

#Labels are necessary. We can’t communicate without them. The problem is mislabeling-through indifference or with an intention to deceive applying labels that group people or ideas in inaccurate or unhelpful ways.

Take control of the way you consume information. Don’t let algorithms, #AI, or #media outlets plan the menu.

God crossed the gap from infinite to finite in the incarnation, the greatest gap imaginable. Learn to see God’s image in those you dislike or even despise. That gap is much smaller.