Truth is divine. Truth is of God. Truth is Jesus. His Word is Truth.
Being conservative or liberal won't work when it comes to Truth. We think we will get by with our pet stances; but we won't. The Bible makes a perpetual call for renewal of minds that we can know the true will of God. This will require adjustment and change rather than protectionary status quo.
Pure Truth is too liberal to the conservative. It is too conservative to the liberal. Neither have it if adding due to fear or subtracting in the name of open-mindedness.
The world is in a huge hurt because we have built our denominational forts and yelled our particular slants to those who drive by seemingly unaware. The world wants to know God and God wants all reached. Truth will set men free; not perpetuated bias of brand name churches.
Surely we can see that life in Jesus is refreshing to both the church and the community. His is a drawing doctrine....not a distancing one. I want to know the Truth of Jesus. He knows things I don't. I want to know more about Him; what made him tick, why he had such courage, and how he learned to move with such power.
I pick up truths here and there....and how grateful I am. But I must admit I had to let go of the once prideful stance that my kind was the only kind that knew the Truth. My kind has and does know some of His truths and we grow to know the Truth; Jesus.
Distorted Truth isn't Truth....so we must discontinue our passing it off as if it came from heaven above. Truth is rich and we want to gain momentum in it. May we do so without conservative or liberal pride. May we be simply Christians hungry to learn.
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I teach (actually, I am the student) a Golden Years club on Tuesday. We are studying F. LaGard Smith's book, "The Cultural Church" Our folks are soaking it up and questioning what is REAL truth and how did we come up with the truth that has been taught for so many years! It is refreshing to hear our senior folks want to know the real truth, nothing but the truth. Mr. Herm E. Neutic (hermeneutic)has been helping all of us a lot understand Culture Vs. God's Word
It always fascinates me when Pilot asks "What is truth?' to Jesus. So many are asking the same question, and we have it. We just gotta present it in the right way, with love. Simple but beautiful, Terry.
amen.
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