The No Spin Zone
“You’re entering the ‘No-Spin Zone.’” So says Bill O’Reilly each weeknight on the Fox News Channel’s “O’Reilly Factor,” a show that purports to objectively appraise the leading political issues of the day. To ‘spin’ a particular matter means to assess it with one’s own bias, but O’Reilly claims that his views lean neither to the right nor the left politically, but are, rather, correct evaluations of what should be quite apparent to the observer. We will leave it to his audience to decide if his show is really “The No-Spin Zone.”
Of course, there truly is a “No-Spin Zone,” politically speaking. Take any issue of the day and there are truths and facts about the matter, those involved, and their motives. We may never hear about these facts, either because they never surface or are covered over by all the ‘spinning’ from the news media, but they are there nonetheless.
I fear there are many who perceive the religion of Christ to be one giant ‘Spin Zone.’ They see more than a thousand different denominations today publishing their ideas about God and can’t see it otherwise.
Worse yet, most of these scoff at the concept of a religious “No-Spin Zone.” Approach them about a perceived inconsistency between their lives and what the Bible teaches and they’ll say, “Well, that’s just your interpretation.” To them, it’s as though everyone has their own religious bias and, therefore, puts their own ‘spin’ on biblical teaching. To them, there is no such thing as absolute truth.
Friend, does this describe you?
Do not be deceived -- there IS a religious ‘No-Spin Zone” and it is called God’s “word.” Jesus said that God’s word “is truth” (John 17:17). This word -- the Bible -- comes from the mind of God, is without error, and is absolute (1 Corinthians 2:10-13; Psalm 119:89).
You may think that every religious group is trying to put their ‘spin’ on what the Bible teaches, but the truth remains that the truth remains! (Chew on that for a minute!) Denominational bias notwithstanding, God’s word still shines forth brightly, ready to reveal the mind of God to those who will seek it. It is unchanging and will never pass away (Mark 13:31; 1 Peter 1:23-25).
Do you suppose, then, that we ought to be ready to discuss with others our convictions? If we have the truth, we should desire to share it with others who don’t. If they have the truth, we should be eager to hear it. Dear reader, there IS such a thing as TRUTH! If not, why then would Jesus say, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”? (John 8:32).
We can be assured that one day we will stand before the Judge of heaven and earth, and on that day there will be no ‘spinning’ going on. The standard will be the word of Jesus. The standard will NOT be what you or any group have ’thought’ about it, but simply what the word of Jesus IS (John 12:48).
Are you entering “The No-Spin Zone”?
Let’s get our heads in the Book.
--Mike Noble
Of course, there truly is a “No-Spin Zone,” politically speaking. Take any issue of the day and there are truths and facts about the matter, those involved, and their motives. We may never hear about these facts, either because they never surface or are covered over by all the ‘spinning’ from the news media, but they are there nonetheless.
I fear there are many who perceive the religion of Christ to be one giant ‘Spin Zone.’ They see more than a thousand different denominations today publishing their ideas about God and can’t see it otherwise.
Worse yet, most of these scoff at the concept of a religious “No-Spin Zone.” Approach them about a perceived inconsistency between their lives and what the Bible teaches and they’ll say, “Well, that’s just your interpretation.” To them, it’s as though everyone has their own religious bias and, therefore, puts their own ‘spin’ on biblical teaching. To them, there is no such thing as absolute truth.
Friend, does this describe you?
Do not be deceived -- there IS a religious ‘No-Spin Zone” and it is called God’s “word.” Jesus said that God’s word “is truth” (John 17:17). This word -- the Bible -- comes from the mind of God, is without error, and is absolute (1 Corinthians 2:10-13; Psalm 119:89).
You may think that every religious group is trying to put their ‘spin’ on what the Bible teaches, but the truth remains that the truth remains! (Chew on that for a minute!) Denominational bias notwithstanding, God’s word still shines forth brightly, ready to reveal the mind of God to those who will seek it. It is unchanging and will never pass away (Mark 13:31; 1 Peter 1:23-25).
Do you suppose, then, that we ought to be ready to discuss with others our convictions? If we have the truth, we should desire to share it with others who don’t. If they have the truth, we should be eager to hear it. Dear reader, there IS such a thing as TRUTH! If not, why then would Jesus say, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”? (John 8:32).
We can be assured that one day we will stand before the Judge of heaven and earth, and on that day there will be no ‘spinning’ going on. The standard will be the word of Jesus. The standard will NOT be what you or any group have ’thought’ about it, but simply what the word of Jesus IS (John 12:48).
Are you entering “The No-Spin Zone”?
Let’s get our heads in the Book.
--Mike Noble