BOA opening questions:
- How do you define truth?
- Why should we as Christians study the truth?
- What do you say to people when they talk about “their truth”?
- How do you respond to people who say there’s more than one truth?
- How would you define objective truth?
- What changes to the definition of truth do you see in the culture around you?
Is speaking Your Truth the most powerful tool we have?
There Is No Such Thing as “Your Truth” PragerU, 2:00
“Renowned philosophy professor Paul Copan provides an excellent road map through this tricky and vitally important issue.”
What are examples of people expressing their “own truth” verses objective truth?
Video: Is Truth Knowable? Frank Turek, 10:00
BOA Notes: The quality of this video isn’t great but the content is.
This video does provide a 2-for-1 lesson, in addition to learning about the truth, Greg Koukl’s Tactics are utilized to teach it:
Book Title: Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
Author: Gregory Koukl
Link: https://a.co/d/0bErjfMg
Objections to Absolute Truth (from Frank Turek):
- There is no truth!
- You can’t know the truth!
- All truth is relative!
- It’s true for you but not for me!
- No one has the truth!
- You ought not judge!
Other truth claims(from Frank Turek):
There’s no truth in religion, only science. – Note the philosophical claim.
Everything is meaningless. – What do you mean?
You should doubt everything. – Even that statement?
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Do you know The Truth?
If The Truth, is a person, what does this mean?
Other Biblical verses concerning truth:
Psalm 25:5
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Psalm 43:3
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 8:32
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
What does it meant that “the word is truth”?
What is your reaction to these verses on truth?
How important is, getting the truth right, to our evangelistic and apologetic efforts?
Elizabeth Urbanowicz:
“The way that philosophers define it is, you know, truth is that which corresponds to reality.”
This appears in a Got Questions podcast transcript discussing Christian worldview and teaching children about truth.https://podcast.gotquestions.org/transcripts/episode-106.pdf
Do you agree with this definition of truth, why or why not?
How would you defend this assertion: “Truth by it’s very nature is exclusive“? Why is this important?
Example: 2 + 2 = 4. 4 is the only correct answer, all other numbers are excluded.
For further study:
J Warner Wallace discusses subjective vs objective truth:
What is truth? | GotQuestions.org
Why I wrote, “Live Your Truth and Other Lies”, Alisa Childers 1:37