Posts Tagged ‘Truth’
Truth Matters
I love the small group Bible study I am a part of. The discussions are so rich and thought-provoking. With each meeting, we have a “chunk” of scripture we are trying to plow through but rarely make it past one or two verses. This week we got stuck for two hours on “the perfect bond…
Read MoreThe Source of Wisdom
When I worked with university students as a Campus Minister, I was engaged with an wide array of souls at a multiplicity of maturity levels, and yes, I mean maturity spiritually and emotionally. Some were tremendously mature adults while quite young in their faith. Others had been (nominally) in the body for many years but…
Read MoreAll You Need is Love?
Stay in Ephesus Writing to Timothy, his son in the faith, the apostle Paul urged him to stay in the city of Ephesus for the express purpose of charging certain persons not to corrupt the pure doctrine that had been delivered, or to get lost in complex genealogies and wild speculations.1 Then Paul explained the reason…
Read MorePutting Jesus on Trial
Trial Lawyers I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been notified that I’m in the pool for jury duty. Yes, it’s an imposition and an inconvenience, to say the least, but it is also a intriguing educational experience. Of the many times I’ve been in the jury candidate pool, I have been…
Read MoreDeceiving and Being Deceived (Part 2)
Last week, we took an introductory look at deception, both as the deceiver and as the deceived. This week we continue that study, beginning with a look at the linguistics involved, examining the concept of truth and how that is viewed by the current-generation Western world as opposed to that of the Ancient Near East…
Read MoreWe Speak Truth
The news, to a degree, and social media, in particular, has been lit over what took place Sunday Morning at Cities Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. If you’ve somehow missed the firestorm, here is a brief overview of what transpired. Overview Eight days ago, Sunday morning, January 18, a mob of anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) protestors…
Read MoreLiving in a Post-Truth Era
I had a deeply disturbing conversation with a dear brother in Christ last Sunday. My friend is an attorney and an elder with our church family. We meet early most Sunday mornings to visit, holding conversations that go down some wildly unpredictable avenues. I cannot recall the specific question I asked him, but in his…
Read MoreIs Anything Believable Anymore?
The world is chaotic of late. Military conflict abounds. Fentanyl continues to spread, claiming lives that are ending far too early. Men pretend to be women and women pretend to be men, and this is now characterized as the new “science.” Grotesque surgeries are mutilating children. The Olympic Women’s Boxing championship bout featured two X/Y…
Read MoreContend Earnestly for the Truth? What Truth?
There is a phrase that has been growing in popularity, one you may or may not have heard, but one you most certainly will hear if you are paying attention. I am uncertain of the origin or first use of the phrase “post-truth,” but it seems to have gained momentum with the Oxford Dictionary’s choosing it as…
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