My Truth: A Sign Of The Times

The old phrase that goes, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" has reached its expiration date. Like the milk in the old carton way back in the refrigerator, truth has been sniffed on and succinctly discarded. I saw this relativistic mentality so poignantly demonstrated in the book display in the picture you see here. No longer, so we are told, should we refer to the truth but should refer to it as "my truth".

I have no gripe with Stephen Colbert per se it's just that his attempt at humor represents something that has gone horribly wrong with our values system. What's really scary is that its not just non-Christians who accept this view of truth. The "my truth" philosophy has its claws deeply entrenched in the Church and in the family. It takes a soul that is sensitive and alert to Satan's subtle encroachments to see how the Christian milk carton is also starting to sour.

The only means for preventing this spoilage in our families and churches is to be pasteurized by exposure to God through prayer and meditation on His Word. For student pastors that may mean spending more time planning and conducting Biblically grounded teaching than pizza bashes and lock-ins. For parents this may mean dad turning off the TV and getting the whole family around the couch for family worship. Whatever measure is called for, the time for implementing it is now before "my truth" becomes the only truth and leaves us with no truth.