Among the books that I have recently read, of great interest to me is The Moment of Truth by Dr. Steven J. Lawson. I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Lawson preach- and I do mean pleasure. He is the founder and president of OnePassion Ministries and the executive editor of Expositor magazine (remember them?) and host of the Institute for Expository Preaching. With his bona fides established, I heartily recommend his writings, preaching and anything else to which he may lend his name.
The book itself is a collection of sermons, organized in three parts: The Reality of Truth, The Rejection of Truth, and The Reign of Truth.
Since you are reading this, you probably recognize The Reality of Truth. But if I may digress, I was recently exposed to this graphic:
Taken from www.ChrisHarrison.net, "The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in the Bible. Books alternate in color between white and light gray. The length of each bar denotes the number of verses in the chapter. Each of the 63,779 cross references found in the Bible is depicted by a single arc - the color corresponds to the distance between the two chapters, creating a rainbow-like effect."
Imagine the number of authors, the level of education, the length of time over which the Bible was written, and the inter-relatedness of the most intricate details. While there are many fine apologists with great proofs for the existence of God- to me this is one of the most stunning proofs. (And that includes my "Rice Krispies" theory).
But, returning to Dr. Lawson, the most interesting part to me was The Rejection of Truth. Dr. Lawson thoroughly analyzes the movement from Science v. God to Anti-science v. God. Secular society is no longer interested in facts. Instead of truth, we hear phrases such as "social construct" and "your truth" which may be different from "my truth." But where have we heard this before? Pilate asking Jesus, "What is truth?" (John 18:38). Even in law school, I was told, "Truth is whatever you can convince a judge is truth." But as Believers, we may deny certain aspects, but we know that Jesus is "the way, and the truth, and the life." (John 14:6). And therein lies the victory, The Reign of the Truth.
