Lesson on Veritology

I attended the first study of the Truth Project the other night at church and found it very thought provoking and good. The first lesson was "Veritology:What is Truth?" Among the things discussed were...

-Why did Christ come into the world?
-The Scriptural emphasis on truth.
-The connection of sanctification and salvation to truth.
-The battle between Spirit of Truth and Spirit of Falsehood- Reality verses illusion.
-Connection between sin, lies, and deceit- every sin can be traced back to belief in a lie.
-How to deal with unbelievers who are captives- as we once were.
-Battle of worldviews- opposition between God's truth and the lies of the world, flesh and the devil.
-What is truth?
-Equating an idol to a lie- lies are powerful and lead us to insane notions.
-What is insanity?
-Our actions reflect what we believe to be really real.

The presentation was excellent. Several different people from all walks of life were asked what truth is. The best answer was given by a 12 year old boy and the worst was given by a female unitarian pastor. People could not define truth- it was so sad. Clips were shown from Ravi Zacharias, Os Guinness, and RC Sproul to define truth. The first session was chock full of Scripture and engaging questions. It answered the questions it raised- Jesus came into the world to testify to the truth (John 8:37), truth is conformity to to fact or reality, insanity is losing touch with reality -which society seriously suffer from! The session ended with this important question: Do you really believe, that what you believe is really real? If the answer to that question is truly "yes" then we- as Chrisitans- ought to turn the world upsidedown!