Posts Tagged ‘Truth’
Can I Get a Witness?
Does the Bible allow us to appeal to others to affirm the truthfulness of our words? Can we ask for a witness when our reputation is on the line? We know that witnesses can be used to verify sin (Matt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Tim 5:19; cf. Deut 19:15–21), but what about righteousness instead?…
Read MoreThe New You Puts on Truth
In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Paul moves from doctrine to application, beginning in chapter four. After an exquisite detailing of our position in Christ in the first three chapters the focus shifts to how those who are in Christ are to demonstrate the reality of their new life in Him, having put off the…
Read MoreWho’s Making Your Kool-Aid?
Some of this blog’s readers have known me for many years, but I’m quite sure you didn’t know this: I was once a secret agent for the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). You see, FEMA developed a program called the ‘Clergy Response Team’ (CRT) to enlist ministers in calming the populace in the event of…
Read MoreLovers of Truth in an Age of Nonsense
I am increasingly concerned that Christians are following the culture’s lead as it spirals toward emotionalism and nonsense. Tabloids and gossip columns have long influenced the fringes of culture, but nonsense has become mainstream on both the Right and the Left. Americans feast on conspiracy theories and hyper-sensationalized blogs, YouTube channels, etc. Oftentimes, traditional news…
Read MoreBe a Truth-Lover
I understand that passions are at an extreme high right now. I also understand that the political conversation space is over-saturated and at this point, simply exhausting. I also understand that my voice has little to offer the conversation and even if it did, very few people are still forming opinions. So I’m going to…
Read MoreHow Could I Know the Bible is True?
“Sanctify [set them apart] through thy truth; thy word is truth.” (John 17:17) I was stunned when I received that phone call. At 28 years of age, I had become the youth pastor of a church in South Carolina. And I realized fairly quickly that we had a problem in our church. One of our…
Read MorePerfect Illustrations that aren’t quite … True
Some years ago I was looking for an illustration to fill out a point in a sermon. I’ve collected various resources over the years. Most of them sit on my shelf gathering dust! With the advent of the internet, we now have illustrations at our fingertips, so it should be much easier now, right? On…
Read MoreReview: Finding Truth
Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes Nancy Pearcey Publisher: David C. Cook, 2015 Review by Don Johnson Finding Truth is a relatively recent book (pub. 2015). Others have taken in hand to review it already. For a survey of the main argument of the book, you can see Challies’…
Read MoreThe Scope of General Revelation
Combining famous quotations with the power of the Internet is a recipe for satire and confusion. Case in point, nowhere else can you find a picture of Joseph Stalin stating, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Then there’s Abraham Lincoln alongside the words,…
Read MoreThree Powerful Steps in Standing for Truth
One might think that the first century church was full of heaven on earth: the apostles were present, miracles were abundant, and revelation was fresh and new. The books of 1, 2, and 3 John, however, give us an open window into severe inner tensions within Christ’s body. In 1 John we discover “many” deceivers,…
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