October 29, 2017 - “Set me free” - A focus on reformation
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Reformation Scripture Passages
Turn to your neighbor and say: I am a reformer
I’ve been thinking a lot about truth lately.
We live during a time when “news”--is true? Alternative? Fake? Opinion? Predictions?
All the while traveling at lightning speed with incredible reach
We live in a time where facts have become debatable.
No one disputes the final score of yesterday’s game do they: 42-7
No one will argue with the truth that my daughter Zia was born 6 years ago today!
Yet, when it comes to so many facts, there has entered a level of subjectivity.
It seems like if we repeat something frequently enough,
Or say something loudly enough,
Or with enough confidence and conviction,
Surely it must be true--even if it is not true!
My eyes are blue---”I”m still working on it.”
We live in an era comedian Stephen Colbert has described as, an era of ‘truthiness.’
He sardonically points out the distinction between people *who think with their head, and people who ‘know’ in their heart.*
Ours isn’t the only the only time when truth has been elusive.
Wasn’t there a time that the earth was flat?
Thomas Friedman still believes this, true?
It seems from our passages for today,
John the evangelist was concerned about truth in his day--
his gospel centers around this question of truth--while at the same time in the mouth of Jesus are the word: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
