Category Archives: Truth Matters

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Moral neutrality and relativism are not how you build a good society says UK Prime Minister

Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to address the “moral collapse” that led to widespread looting and violence across English cities last week; “moral neutrality, this relativism – it’s not going to cut it anymore.” He further adds, “politicians shying away from speaking the truth about behavior, about morality” has “actually helped to cause the social problems we see around us….We have been too unwilling for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong. We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said – about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy.” That is both well said and refreshing to hear. (read the rest of this article)

As I see it, here’s the bottom line: A society cannot long survive if they elevate personal autonomy and freedom above virtue and personal responsibility; including the United States of America. True freedom is not doing whatever you want, but doing that which is good.

For more reasons why moral relativism is a really bad idea, see chapter 7 in my book Welcome to College.

For more information on the excellent Doing the Right Thing six part DVD (Chuck Colson, Robert George, Britt Hume, etc.) and Church Simulcast on September 24th click here.

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Should pastors be concerned with apologetics?

Should pastors be concerned with apologetics? Absolutely! Aside from being thoroughly biblical (1 Pet. 3:15; Jude 3; 2 Cor. 10:3-5), it provides great confident to everyday Christians. Here is what one of Evangelicalism’s most eminent theologians has to say:

“I think the pastor does play a very critical role here. And, apologetics is not simply about reaching outside the church and helping people realize why Christianity makes so much sense. There are many people inside church congregations who are wrestling with apologetic questions; who come to faith but haven’t had all of their questions answered. I think the pastor, the preacher, needs to realize if they want their people to be good and minister to the faith, apologists and evangelists, they’ve got to be equipped. They’ve got to be reassured about their faith. They’ve got to be helped to be able to explain it and defend it in the secular marketplace. Now maybe many pastors and preachers say, ‘You know, I couldn’t do this.’ In which case, you need to bring somebody in who can. But there’s a real need for the local church to see this kind of ministry as a priority in our present cultural situation.”- Alister McGrath

(H/T Apologetics 315)

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Want to love your neighbor today? Then stand against false tolerance

We live in an interesting, ever-changing, and challenging day. As Christians, learning to navigate such a reality can be very confusing and intimidating. In one of Jesus’ central teachings, he commands us to love our neighbor (cf. Mark 12:31). And while we can and should often do this by meeting physical needs, there is another vital, but often overlooked, application of this passage. We need to stand up for the possibility of truth. We need to protect the endangered species of honest disagreement concerning the nature of reality. Today a not so subtle battle is raging from newspapers columns to college classrooms concerning the nature of tolerance. There are 2 competing definitions:

  • False Tolerance: We can make no judgments at all about the truth of others’ beliefs.
  • True Tolerance: We allow others the freedom to hold beliefs which we judge to be false.

If we cannot tell our neighbors or ourselves the truth about reality, then we cannot really love them. Because love involves seeking another’s highest good, and goodness is anchored in reality (after all, the truth sets us free). We must fight the false tolerance that seeks to intellectually bully our culture into agreeing that every viewpoint (especially when it comes to religion and morality) is equally valid. We must speak up in love for the possibility of truth. Loving our neighbor requires this.

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Is Hell For Real? How Would You Answer?

Everyone is talking about hell these days. In response to Rob Bell’s new book–love Wins–TIME magazine even had a cover story on it during Holy Week asking—Is Hell Dead? When it comes to this topic everyone has questions:

  • How could a loving God send people to hell?
  • Is hell forever?
  • Will everyone be saved in the end?
  • What about those who have never heard of Jesus?
  • Did Jesus really believe in hell?

Last month I responded to these and other issues from a distinctively Christian worldview so that we can better understand what the Bible teaches about this topic and how we can engage others when these issues come up in conversations at work, home, or on campus (cf. 1 Peter 3:15).

Click here to listen.

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Listen to Chuck Colson on Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey

Please take 20 minutes and listen to Chuck Colson talk with Dennis Rainey about why it is so important that Christians engage well within the public square on the issues of our day. Click Here to Listen

Have you read and signed the Manhattan Declaration yet? (This is an important document.) You can spread the word by retweeting this post or sharing it on facebook.

This fall, my book Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture, will be releasing by Zondervan in which I lay out our biblical responsibility as Christians to engage culture well. I highlight examples, issues, and areas we must engage because they are cultural moments and we are to be everyday ambassadors. Here is a short video about it:



“The task of this generation – as it will be in every generation – is to understand Christianity as a complete view of the world and humankind’s place in it, that is, as the truth. If Christianity is not the truth, it is nothing, and our faith mere sentimentality.”–Chuck Colson
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