Posts with the category “this-is-true”

Be Careful How You HearLuke 8:18 “Therefore consider carefully how you listen.” Jesus didn’t say, “Be careful what you listen to,” though that matters.He said, “Be careful how.” We tend to assume hearing is passive — that whatever enters our ears simply becomes information. But Jesus teaches that spiritual hearing is selective, interpretive, shaped by desire, story, wounds, loves, and fears. In co...  Read More

The Battle for AttentionProverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” If this proverb were written today, it might read:“Above all else, guard your attention.” In Hebrew thought, the heart (lev) was the seat of desire, imagination, and decision. It included what we today call “the mind.” Everything a person loved, feared, valued, and believed was rooted in ...  Read More

The Crisis of Knowing: Why Truth Feels FracturedINTRODUCTION: The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN:  Think of a time when you were absolutely certain something was true — and later d...  Read More

Embodied Truth & Epistemic HumilityMicah 6:8; John 8:31–32Truth in Scripture is never just something to believe. It is always something to become.Jesus says, “If you hold to my teaching… then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Notice the order:Follow Me.Live My way.Then you’ll understand. Christian knowing flows from Christian living.The Hebrew prophets understood this long...  Read More

Deconstructing Certainty, Reconstructing Trust1 Corinthians 8:1–3; 1 Corinthians 13:12 Certainty feels safe. Uncertainty feels scary. So we spend much of our lives clinging to what we can control: information, arguments, opinions, positions, labels. But Paul says something radical:“Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.” Knowledge alone creates spiritual inflation. Only love creates spiritual for...  Read More

Stories Shape SeeingPsalm 119:105; Luke 24:13–35When Jesus rose from the dead, He didn’t appear to the disciples with a lecture, a doctrinal outline, or a bullet-point list. He met two discouraged travelers and did something deeply epistemological. He re-narrated their story. He told them the Scriptures again — but this time as the story that pointed to Him. And only after the story was reinterpre...  Read More

How We Know What We Know Proverbs 18:17; James 1:19One of the most important spiritual disciplines in our age is slowing down long enough to ask:“How did I come to believe what I believe?” We often assume our beliefs are the product of intelligence or logic — when in reality, they are shaped by:the family we grew up inthe community that formed usthe sources we trustour emotional historythe stories...  Read More

Truth as Revelation, Not CertaintyJohn 14:6; John 18:37–38The question “What is truth?” isn’t new. Pilate’s voice echoes through time, weary and suspicious, shaped by power struggles and political pressure. His question sounds like modern people scrolling endlessly, skeptical of everything and trusting nothing. When Jesus responds, He doesn’t give an explanation.He gives Himself. “I am the way, th...  Read More

We are living in a time when truth feels harder to find than ever. Between the noise of the internet, the pace of cultural change, and the polarization of our communities, many of us feel the weight of not knowing what to trust — or even how to think about truth anymore. We scroll, we listen, we react, and yet clarity often feels just out of reach. Whether you’ve felt confused, overwhelmed, frustr...  Read More