Sunday night our church is beginning The Truth Project, a 13-week Christian worldview study from Focus on the Family. This has generated a lot of interest and excitement in our church. We are praying that it gets a lot of traction with our students, college-age students, and young adults.
In a post-modern world and culture there is a huge need for believers to understand and know what they believe and why they believe it. I have been reading Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, & Spin by Os Guinness. In this little book Guinness makes the case that objective truth can be known. I love his quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, former Soviet dissident, who said, "One word of truth outweighs the entire world." Truth is important, not just to believers, but to all of us.
I was shocked by Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina who shouted out, "You lie," during the President's speech before a joint gathering of Congress last night. It was a disrespectful outburst and I am glad that he made a formal apology to the President. However, the outburst perhaps reflects an underlying sense that all of us have, not just with the President, but with the whole political process and that is that the truth is hard to come by.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." That is what I am praying The Truth Project will do for our students, college students, and young adults. The Truth Project has a wonderful website with lots of info for you. Sign up as a participant and you will have access to lesson guides for each week and much more http://www.thetruthproject.org/.
I am anxious for us to generate some discussion and dialogue about The Truth Project and what we are learning from week-to-week.
Blessings,
Walter
In a post-modern world and culture there is a huge need for believers to understand and know what they believe and why they believe it. I have been reading Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, & Spin by Os Guinness. In this little book Guinness makes the case that objective truth can be known. I love his quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, former Soviet dissident, who said, "One word of truth outweighs the entire world." Truth is important, not just to believers, but to all of us.
I was shocked by Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina who shouted out, "You lie," during the President's speech before a joint gathering of Congress last night. It was a disrespectful outburst and I am glad that he made a formal apology to the President. However, the outburst perhaps reflects an underlying sense that all of us have, not just with the President, but with the whole political process and that is that the truth is hard to come by.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." That is what I am praying The Truth Project will do for our students, college students, and young adults. The Truth Project has a wonderful website with lots of info for you. Sign up as a participant and you will have access to lesson guides for each week and much more http://www.thetruthproject.org/.
I am anxious for us to generate some discussion and dialogue about The Truth Project and what we are learning from week-to-week.
Blessings,
Walter
