Friends:
Some people can swim all day in the sea of knowledge and not get wet. But, if we’re honest with ourselves, we know that once confronted with truth, we should never turn our back on it.
Truth reveals how to make choices when faced with the great questions of life: who, what, where and when, and why?
Facts, science, and reason offer excellent insight into truth. Gravity is a fact, so we know that stepping off the edge of a cliff is not a good idea. Medical science reveals the truth that we need oxygen to live. Physics explains aerodynamics and the incredible concept that a 400 ton plane can lift off a runway. We should never fear reason and logic.
The challenge is to sift through all truth, reason, logic, wisdom, and common sense and come to some kind of conclusion about what really matters.
When it comes to knowing and trusting Jesus, we don’t have to follow mindlessly. We need to be thinking Christians. In 2 Timothy 2:7, the Bible even makes the challenge, “Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.”
Not when you’re a child, but mature adults need to have the curiosity, courage, and conviction to ask the question, “Does the biblical narrative make sense?” Creation. Fall. Redemption. Restoration.
How you respond to that question defines who you are today. And for eternity.
Best,
/jay
*this post is an excerpt from a work-in-progress, Quotation Devotional.
Interested publishers invited to query.
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What’s Up with Jay?
Hoping to give my crowd-pleasing and patriotic presentation on “Happy Semiquincentennial, America!” a few more times before the end of America’s 250th birthday year. If you’re part of a group — library, Kiwanis, Rotary, school, church — I’ll be glad to stop by for a lively reading and author Q&A, for a modest honorarium. Text 630-373-7899.
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