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FACT CHECKING WITH A DIFFERENT FOCUS


 If you follow political news intently like I do, the word "Fact-Checking" is definitely not new to you.  Fact-Checking has been around for a very long time but lately has become a more prominent word, especially during the ongoing 2016 American Presidential Election debates and discourse than it was at any other time.
       To "Fact-Check" simply means to check the accuracy of what is being presented  as facts in order to establish whether the one presenting it so is misrepresenting the facts or not.
       In the process of political fact checking, fact checkers often found out that politicians do take liberty with the facts and stretch the truth in order to sway popular opinion to their own side. Most of us could be guilty of being swayed by statements that could turn out to just be a simple misrepresentation of the facts without checking the facts.
       The good news is that being swayed by political statements that could turn out to be misrepresentation of the fact or simply not true, may or may not have eternal repercussions. But being swayed by teachings that could turn out to be a  misrepresentation of biblical truth without checking the facts could turn out to be a matter of serious eternal consequences.
        Misrepresenting political truth might be indeed misleading no doubt but misrepresenting biblical truth could lead someone away from God eternally.
         Apostle Paul did not have any problems with the Bereans who decided not to take his preaching at face value but decided rather to fact check his teachings to see if he misrepresented biblical truth in any form or manner. The New Living Translation reads "They searched the scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth" (Acts 17:11). It would also be correct if we say it like this, "Bereans were searching the scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were misrepresenting the truth."
         If the Bereans practiced fact-checking with a heavenly focus, shouldn't we too? And until next time,  this has been one page from my Inspirational Files, I am Richard James.

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