How’s That Again?

When I am surveying the “news” of the day, I am sometimes stopped by a headline that doesn’t make sense to me. Of course, I know one can read with “inflection,” but so few people do. Well, here’s the headline:

Turkish forces shoot dead ferry hijacker. (Yahoo News Thumbnails)

The brief article cleared up the quick misunderstanding – why would Turkish forces shoot a dead hijacker? (Just imagine you are scanning articles quickly) Here’s a better way to say what they meant –

Turkish security forces shot dead a suspected Kurdish rebel early Saturday to end a 12-hour hostage drama on a small passenger ferry. (IBID)

Sometimes (unfortunately) when we hear people speaking about Spiritual things, what we hear doesn’t seem to line up with what we know – or worse, what we don’t know. That’s why it is always important to go directly to the source. Read the Word of God for yourself. Otherwise, along the way you will hear those who say – “the Bible says. . . ,” and it certainly does not. The opposite is also true, making things just that more difficult.

One thing is clear. God’s Word. Read it! Know it! And. . .restrict your listening, as much as is possible, to those who do!