Tuesday; October 26
D uring our time yesterday, I presented some thoughts about truth – but I left out an important aspect of finding truth. There are a lot of principles out there competing for our allegiance, but which ones do we accept? Just as there are a lot of ideas, there are many of them that are at odds with each other. One of the confounding questions that we often hear about truth is that for there to be truth we have to have an absolute foundation – which one do we choose? Is truth based on popular opinion, philosophy, constitutional law or is there something better? Well, I believe there is something that can be used as the epicenter of truth – something that is easily understood and conveniently accessed. When Jesus was about to leave His disciples to confront the issues of their era He prayed for their joy and their contentment. As He asked God to bless them He said, “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” (John 17:17). Folks, it has been 2000 years since that prayer was p