In a world where relativism reigns, defending God’s truth is a full-time battle. Unfortunately, even most members of evangelical churches are not well versed in God’s truth principles. A widely publicized Barna Research study found that less than 10 percent of evangelicals have a Biblical Worldview.Into that void has come Focus on the Family’s “The Truth Project.” This incredible 12-week DVD study is sweeping the nation and providing foundational truth principles in an interactive, enjoyable, educational format.
Now, Focus on the Family is trying to make it easier for people to become trained so they can teach this great program in their community. So it has scheduled a live Truth Project Simulcast Training Event, Saturday, September 27. Normally training seminars are out of town and require an entire weekend. However, because this seminar is conducted through a simulcast, you can find a local church that is carrying the feed and participate closer to home. Perhaps your church might even be willing to host a simulcast.
Super early-bird registration is $99 for an individual or $149 for a couple through June 30. The regular cost is $119 individuals. Special bulk pricing also is available.
We like to bring to your attention special, worthwhile events, whether they are directly affiliated with us or not, such as the free screening of the movie Bella and the How Would Jesus Vote Tour, when they come to our attention. This certainly is one of those. It truly is a program that can transform lives. This training will allow you to teach The Truth Project in your home or church.
For more information, click here for The Truth Project Web site. To view a six minute trailer about The Truth Project, click here. We hope there are those out there who will take advantage of this great opportunity.
The Bible is mysterious, ambiguous and contains many contradictions and inconsistencies. That’s precisely why our Founders made no mention of Christianity or the Bible in the Constitution. They fully realized that, taken in its entirety, the Bible can confuse as well as clarify an issue. Those who claim they know exactly what God intends for our modern world are usually the selective literalists who cherry-pick passages (often out of context) from the Bible that fit THEIR view of what our society should be. No doubt God’s “Truth Principles” as you put it will be a product of those same cherry-pickers.
The Bible has been around for centuries and has withstood attempts by communist and socialist governments to do away with it.
I would like to know what moral source you recommend so that I may scrutinize it with the same rigor that has characterized attacks on the Bible. You make frequent reference to some standard of right and wrong, but never name it.
Norton – You don’t read my entries very thoroughly do you? Or perhaps you can’t see the forest because the leaves are in the way. Did the Mandan Indians (that I cited in another entry) who showed more kindness to the white “Christians” than the “Christians” ever showed to them have a “source?” Do herd’s people in Outer Mongolia who are far removed from government and religion and yet well known for their kindness to strangers have a “source?” Religion is fine when it makes people better but it often makes people worse whether it’s an Islamic extremist or a Christian extremist. As philosopher Blaise Pascal said nearly 4 centuries years ago; “People never do evil so completely and so cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.” There are two very different Gods portrayed in the Bible depending on who wrote the passages, what they were writing about and what point they were trying to make. There’s the God of vengeance/retribution and the God of peace/kindness. Even with vastly different philosophies opposite points of view can support their case with Biblical text. What the Christian Right cannot accept is the fact that their “source” is flawed when absolutes are sought.
Yes, I think I read your entries pretty well. I looked up the Mandan Indians and they had a religion with a creator and a flood story. They also talked to the skulls of dead friends and put hooks in their chests and hung from them until they passed out.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The point is that they did have a source. (This information came from wikipedia) I bet those Mongolion shepards have a set of laws and a religion, too.
If you’re interested, there’s a new web site called “The Truth Problem” which addresses, in specific, many of the factual problems in the series, as well as presenting some alternate (but genuinely Christian) viewpoints.
http://www.TheTruthProblem.info