Return to the Shack, Part 3: Be Like a Berean
Series · Return to the Shack 3 of 3
Case Closed · all 3 parts
Exhibit AKey Evidence
- So how do we keep from being deceived? Mark Baker's answer is simple: be like a Berean.
- The Bereans didn't accept Paul's teaching just because he was an apostle. They checked it against the Scriptures, every day.
- Hebrews 5:14 says the mature have their senses exercised “by reason of use” to discern good and evil.
- Don't just take anyone's word for it. Not a novel, not a podcast, not us. Open the Bible. Scripture is the final authority.
Exhibit BFrom the Word
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.”
“But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Source: RISE Radio with Mark Baker
RISE Radio podcast (host David Bass) with Mark Baker of Hope For Life Biblical Counseling. Full episode: “New Age: The Shack 2 Is Worse Than You Think” (RISE Radio). The book discussed is Return to the Shack by William Paul Young (2026).
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Return to the Shack · Part 3 of 3
So how do we keep from being deceived? Mark Baker's answer is simple: be like a Berean.
The Bereans didn't accept Paul's teaching just because he was an apostle. They checked it against the Scriptures, every day. Hebrews 5:14 says the mature have their senses exercised “by reason of use” to discern good and evil.
Don't just take anyone's word for it. Not a novel, not a podcast, not us. Open the Bible. Scripture is the final authority.
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11 (NKJV)
Clip: RISE Radio with Mark Baker
Part 3 of 3.