Thursday, April 30, 2009

All truth ...

I thought I'd begin by letting you know where I am coming from.

In college, I had a professor -- of sociology to be exact -- make the statement that "All truth is God's truth." Well, truth be told, I wasn't sure I was on board with that notion at first. It sounded sort of relativist, not a real cut and dried world view. But it grew on me and while I may no longer remember as much sociology as I should, I never forgot that.

For what he intended by that statement was that when you see the world from a Biblical perspective, there is truth to be found. Evaluate a movie, a book and even personal experience with a Christian eye.

It's not really a new concept. When it comes to seeing a flawed world through God's eyes, we're late to the party. The Bible is filled with stories of imperfect people, deceitful people and untruthful people ... people that delivered God's truth, sometimes willingly and sometimes unwittingly. Abraham, Jacob, Samson, David, Rahab, Judas, Peter, Saul/Paul just to name a few. And even today, just in reading their stories, we learn God's truth in spite of and because of their sin.

So it is with that critical eye that I approach things, so while you may wonder in future posts, "Where in the world is he going with this?", sooner or later I hope to arrive at God's truth.

Of course, Jesus said it best in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

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