How Do We Respond to ”New Ideas”?

New ideas can almost become taboo within Christianity. The primary elements of our faith have been around for a long time and we believe we can trace our roots back to the beginning of time when our God created all things - what else could there be that is new for us to consider? Also, doesn't much of the New Testament warn us against "new ideas"?

Sometimes new ideas aren't actually all that new, and sometimes, something presented as a new idea is really only a new perspective. However, if we react to some of these things as vehemently as we would a false gospel or false prophet we could easily be rejecting a lot of good that we haven't considered, we could be weakening our skills of discernment, and we could be alienating someone who is postulating something in good faith.

Today we take an in-depth look at several people in the Bible who were posed with an idea that was new to them to see how they responded - whether for the negative or the positive - to see what examples we would like to follow when handling similar situations. We'll also take a look at Old and New Testament precedents for the handling of new ideas so that we can be better equipped to discern when something might actually have value vs. when it needs to be rejected as a danger to believers.

 

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