Trash Talk

Proverbs 15:14 (KJV) The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

I like good adventure stories.  One genre that fits that is solid science fiction.  Westerns also qualify.  I can also enjoy spy novels and mysteries if they’re well written, and are not woke.  That last part is one of the key issues.  The main problem with all of these types of reading is that they usually don’t give you anything worth remembering.  They are escape.

Often what we read, even if it’s news, becomes escape because we aren’t serious about finding real truth.  Double that for things that we listen to.  I recently listened to an hour long discussion and the theme was the danger of dispensationalism.  They continually talked about the danger, and the tragedy brought about by this theological system, but they never got down to explaining in reality why it was so dangerous.  I invested my time with their conversation, but for me it was mush.  That’s why when I read the NLT, it jumped out at me with the final word,

Proverbs 15:14 (NLT) A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash,

So?  If you have a desire, and again, I say “if”, to be wise rather than foolish, then spend your time feeding your mind and your heart with that which is not trash.  It can be done.  It just takes a little bit of focus and concentration.