January 22, 2008
Didn’t write yesterday! What did I do? Typing, typing, typing…
In the evening I went to watch the first and second parts of The Truth Project I was not sure what I’d think of it since I haven’t always been terribly fond of some of the stuff produced by the group that put this project together … but this turned out to be really good! It wasn’t really “new” information to me, but was very concise and well-presented, and really helped “pull together” many things I have pondered or studied in the past. So I think I will attend the rest of the series in the coming weeks.
A couple things that really stood out for me:
1. Do you really believe what you really believe is real? (Or for that matter, do you really believe what you say you really believe? Or do you even know what you really believe? Have you really thought it through, including its presuppositions, and its logical conclusions? Do you believe it strongly enough to stand up for it, and act on it in all areas of your life? hmmm…. tough questions!)
2. Truth, to be truth, must be absolute, having a final authority. If truth is relative, then truth doesn’t exist.
3. If you buy a statement, you buy the underlying assumptions as well (and if you look at them very carefully, you may really have to re-examine whether you really should be accepting that statement….)
Yesterday when I was reading the scriptures, and thinking about “church” and what is really critical to the whole concept (truth!) about it (building? pastor? body participation? Christ as head? etc…) this verse stood out: Matt 21: 13 “And He said to them, ‘It is written, MY HOUSE SHALL CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER; but you are making it s ROBBER’S DEN.’ “ (s/a Isa 56:7, Jer 7:11)… So… whether you are thinking of God’s house in terms of “the body of Christ,” or yourself as a member of the body of Christ, or even in terms of a building and/or organization/ denomination/ institution … does it fulfill this criteria of being a “house of prayer”? Really? In what ways do we make the “house of God” a robber’s den? …. pretty serious thought….http://www.thetruthproject.org/”>
