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Douglas Wilson is author of Letter from a Christian Citizen, senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College, and minister at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. He is also the editor of Credenda/Agenda magazine and has written (among other things) Reforming Marriageand A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking. His Blog and Mablog site inevitably makes for provocative reading.

Christopher Hitchens wrote, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Twelve Books). Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. He is the author of numerous books, Thomas Jefferson: Author of America, Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man,” Letters To a Young Contrarian, and Why Orwell Matters. He was named, to his own amusement, number five on a list of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” by Foreign Policy and Britain’s Prospect.

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Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.  In all that he does, he prospers.

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As a person who is currently in the process of applying to law school, I have been frustrated by the fact that the law school admission process leaves out the most important facet of assessing whether an applicant will make a good lawyer: whether they posses personal character. It is well known that law schools focus mainly on how an applicant preformed academically as an undergraduate, and also how well they scored on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Upon hearing the news about Governor Spitzer, I thought to myself, “I bet he had excellent academic and LSAT credentials when he applied to law school.” I did some checking and learned that I was right.

According to the New York Times, Governor Spitzer scored a perfect score on the LSAT before entering Harvard Law School. He became an editor of the Harvard Law Review while attending Harvard. By all accounts Governor Spitzer’s academic credentials were second to none. And yet these academic credentials did not accurately predict his success in the most important aspect of the legal profession: integrity. Sure, in the legal culture Spitzer had reached the pinnacle of success. But does anyone want to defend this as the standard of “successful lawyer?”

The Gospel of John deals often with the subject of truth. In this Gospel, Pontius Pilate comes face to face with Jesus and is confronted with the claim of absolute truth. Pilate responds to Jesus by asking, “What is truth?” Truth is a subject which continues to be questioned in our day. As the modern age has given way to the postmodern age, our culture’s embrace of absolute truth has given way to an embrace of relative truth. Gone are the identifiable reference points, the meaningful language and understanding, and the understanding of context in the fabric of culture. What is left is a culture that worships the ideals of multiculturalism and diversity. What is left is a culture of fragmented groupings of people who have coalesced around their own versions of truth and personal principles. For a culture to embrace relative truth, absolute truth must first be suppressed. This exercise in futility has indeed been embraced by this culture.

“I Am”

When talking to his disciples earlier in the Gospel of John, Jesus lays claim to the title of absolute truth in declaring, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” Ultimate absolute truth exists in the person of Christ and in every word that proceeds from his mouth. The invisible attributes and truth of God, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived by men, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. From a context of absolute truth the Gospel of God proceeds into a world that has suppressed and rejected the truth.

Matters of Truth

Mattersoftruth.com is a gathering friends who have been encountered by Christ, who are united in Him, and who have been (and are being) transformed by the truth of the Gospel. The participants have come from varied cultures and bring along diverse backgrounds. Through this website these individuals will interact with their culture using the framework of a Biblical worldview. We welcome your visit and invite you to come often and converse with us.

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