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You may be a false teacher, a person of bad moral character, a shameless merchandiser and know little or nothing about the Bible, but this doesn&#8217;t stop people from preaching and teaching\u2014and peddling their slickly packaged merchadise. So how do you know if you can trust the talking head blabbering from your screen or headphones? The Bible gives us some excellent guidelines on how to separate the wheat from the chaff in this dicey and landmine infested arena of information overload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This and other videos by Nathan are available as podcasts on Spotify and Apple podcast under &#8220;Hoshana Rabbah.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> If this message has been a blessing to you, please consider showing your appreciation by making a donation to Hoshana Rabbah at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?token=YCJXxwIs9WC97bc29kBAHtSF7IzMXXKfpWZYifh1QeReOYLLTGrU0jNzOwv8oSPl6xicUH6u7FHzwapN\">https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?token=YCJXxwIs9WC97bc29kBAHtSF7IzMXXKfpWZYifh1QeReOYLLTGrU0jNzOwv8oSPl6xicUH6u7FHzwapN<\/a>. 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