In sharing the Gospel, a problem that we often run into is a misunderstanding about truth. I often hear claims like, “well it is good for you to follow Christianity, but I’m going to follow my own beliefs.” I also run into individuals who seem to think that we can’t know any kind of truth at all. Often these relativistic ideas arise because people are uncomfortable claiming that someone else is wrong but don’t want to change their lives. The Christian response to these views is also lacking. We either get involved in a debate about philosophical minutia, or we drop the issue altogether. The Bible reveals that truth is a person by the name of Jesus Christ. (more…)

This week I ran across a guy who absolutely refused to follow any God who would condemn people to hell. He didn’t care what they had done or who they were. “Hell is a horrible place,” he argued, “and no one deserves to go there.” His problem was not necessarily a misunderstanding about God, but rather a misunderstanding about man. Before we can ever follow Christ, we have to understand how truly wicked we are without him. There is a difference between understanding the depravity of man in an abstract philosophical way and coming to a full conviction of how evil we are. It is only the power of Jesus Christ who can rescue us from this condition and help us walk in “newness of life.” (more…)