Thanks John, worth a reminder. I am aware that there is some need to test something. I am mainly interested in the Church "Fathers" for historical reasons (in order to try and test the claims of , but from what I do read, it can sometimes affect one awkwardly. I was hoping

Perhpas the only thing is, how we know the witness of the Holy Spirit apart from our own feelings on a subject- then again I have had times where I am pretty sure I have 'known' when something I have read or someone I have listened to is right or wrong. I am pretty sure this is one very good reason we need to know our Bibles as well- as someone said at church as an analogy: it's like this bank manager who when there was a spate of forged notes told his sttaff to study in detail the real thing, and then when a forged one comes along, one knows what the difference is. In the same way, as we know the Bible is a wholly true revelation of God, we must study it throughly and when other things come along, we will be able to tell the forgeries. I suppose as well, though, if we are close to the Lord and get to know Him better, we will know when it is Him prompting us- as Jesus said, 'My sheep KNOW My voice'.

Something for me to think about (as well as not spending too long on computers- a failing of mine I am afraid).