Lies We Believe | Part 4 | Lies We Believe About Life | Chris Voigt

Lies We Believe About Life
Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free
January 23, 2022

Simplicity is the virtue of living an uncluttered life. After all of the extra “stuff” that comes with the holiday season, many people kick off a new year with a renewed interest in getting rid of some of the “extra” that has found its way into their homes and lives. In a lot of ways, this can be a healthy thing.

Simplicism, on the other hand, is a way of thinking that can be unhealthy and even damaging. According to Dr. Jeff Myers, author of the book Unquestioned Answers, “Simplicism...distorts simplicity into a conviction that something isn’t really true unless it is easy to understand and summarize.”

Bumper stickers, social media, and advertising taglines are filled with great examples of simplicism. A catchy rhyme or clever slogan will stick in your brain, regardless of whether or not it’s true. And the more you hear it, the “truer” it sounds.  Simplicism caters to our desire to live in an uncomplicated and self-centered world and robs us of the ability to think deeply and communicate clearly about things that matter.

We are smack dab in the middle of a sermon series we’ve entitled Lies We Believe and the Truth That Sets Us Free. This week we’re taking a look at the lies we believe about life. We are immersed, 24/7 in a sea of messages about what’s important, who we are, what we should believe, think, and do. The messages come from sources we think we should be able to trust. They are purposefully packaged to stick in our brains. And we find ourselves believing things without ever questioning whether or not they’re actually true. Because they make sense on the surface and they sound so right!

The truth, God’s Word promises, will set us free. Let’s pursue that freedom together.