Life Devotionals

  "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."         - John 17:3   Many in our society, and culture at large, are engaged in a phenomenon called the Dunning- Kruger Effect. This is described as a cognitive bias wherein the systematic tendency of people is to give overly positive assessments in their abilities, when in reality, there is low ability in a certain area. In other words, the Dunning- Kruger Effect is happening in situations where we know just a little information about something or someone, but act and assume as if we are experts. In a world where information is at our fingertips, we see and experience a lot of this Effect. The most dangerous way we see this is in our relationship with God. There are 3 main ways to "know" something: 1) Awareness - this is when we know that something is in existence . We, or people we know and love, might be aware of God; that He exists, but not mu...