This is adapted from a post I put on the Faith Baptist Church blog when I was there. It is from August, 2007. I have long known about relativism, the teaching that all truth is relative to a fixed point. So, in essence, there can be many ideas about truth each as valid as another. So, I could say that 2 + 2 = 4 and you could say 2 + 2= 5 and we could both be right in the world of relativism.
While I appreciate and concede that some understanding is influenced by our upbringing, culture etc., I must say that I believe truth is truth. If we disagree about something it must be that one of us is right and you are wrong (I am just joking, I trust God will always keep me teachable).
More recently I came across a philosophy prevalent in some church circles, and that is philosophical pluralism. It is very close to relativism, it ties in with post-modernism and several other man-made ideas.
What philosophical pluralism allows is for an individual to say “I believe Jesus is the only Way, Truth and Life” and then turn around and say, “I believe God can save people in many different ways.”
Can there be many truths or just one truth? In the Math equation above can we both be right? I do not believe so.
I believe the Bible teaches that truth is truth. If Christ said He is the only Way to the Father then I believe there is no other way.
No doubt I’ll be putting more on the blog about this in coming months but this is a start to get you thinking.
This article got me thinking about it this evening though: Google Health
Why are people so prepared to trust Google, even with their HEALTH, yet they will not trust the tried and tested Word of God? They accept truth that is offered by some anonymous website but not Christians in their lives or the Bible?
What about you? Do you believe the Bible? Do you trust Christians? If not, then why not? We want to invite every one with questions to come along and meet with us.
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The last few weeks we have been in South Carolina, Tennessee, back to South Carolina, then I traveled up to Pennsylvania for a week before returning back to South Carolina. On the way up to Pennsylvania and on the way back down I was able to stop and visit with churches in Virginia.
We spent about ten days in Tennessee staying with the Stagners at New Testament Baptist Church in Goodlettsville. It was a great time and I had the opportunity to arrange meetings with some pastors in the area. Our stay there was a blessing but eventually we had to head home to South Carolina. It is an 8 hour drive each way and I thank the Lord for how well the children traveled.
After a short stay at home I traveled on my own up to Pennsylvania, another ten hours drive.
As I mentioned, on the way up to Pennsylvania I stopped to visit a church in Virginia. The 4th of July is obviously quite a big deal over here, something about a war against the English. So, I was not sure if I would have the opportunity to preach. However, I had been put in touch with Grace Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia. My friend, Mike Barnett at Grace Baptist in Tarboro, North Carolina, had arranged for me to visit with them for the weekend.
Pastor Nunnally and the people at Grace were very hospitable and I really enjoyed my time with them. I cannot thank them enough for their kindness and generosity. Pastor Nunnally gave me the opportunity to teach the adult Sunday School class and to preach in the afternoon service. I really appreciated them all.
I had driven 5 hours north and arrived in Dinwiddie, stayed there at Grace for the weekend and then on Monday drove a further 5 hours up to Nottingham, Pennsylvania. I had been invited to a camp meeting there by some good friends of mine.
Again, I was warmly welcomed and had a great blessing visiting with them. I feel that week I made some genuine friends and I look forward to getting to know them all more. Some of the pastors I met there have kindly offered to let me visit their church's and share my ministry.
Then after a great week I headed home and stopped in with Pastor Thacker in Orange, Virginia. I enjoyed the opportunity to briefly visit with them before continuing the trip south.
I arrived home late Sunday night. We had anticipated being in Georgia for most of the week but things did not work out as planned and instead we found ourselves staying in South Carolina.
Since then I have been sending out letters and making numerous phone calls trying to arrange more meetings in which we can share our ministry. I have enjoyed speaking with several pastors and look forward to meeting them in person.
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