Build Your Home On Truth

Foundation of TruthTruth is a confrontational subject in our world. All too often truth is used like a club to beat down and oppress opposing ideas on a particular subject, but it may be that our reactionary path of insisting that there is NO objective truth may be even more dangerous and damaging.

At the end of the Battle of Britain, British vice-marshal Alexander Adams was driving to a meeting at his headquarters when he came upon a sign: ROAD CLOSED -- UNEXPLODED BOMB. Adams called over the policeman on duty, hoping he might be able to suggest an alternate route.

"Sorry, you can't go through," said the policeman as he approached the car. "The bomb is likely to go off at any minute now." Then he caught sight of Adams's uniform. "I'm very sorry, sir," he said, "I didn't know you were a wing commander. It is quite all right for you to go through."

That policeman, who was trained to respect rank, momentarily allowed his deference to a vice-marshal to overcome his good sense. Fortunately, Adams had better sense than to follow his advice but their interaction illustrates the fact that humans are terrible at being objectively honest, especially in circumstances where there is social pressure.

Winston Churchill said, “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” That may be a typical response to truth, but it places those who respond that way on the road to tragedy and destruction. There is no way to love and follow God without loving and following truth as well. The two cannot be separated. Truth should be shared not to win but to set free.