This is largely where we are today , where both revelation and reason are secondary and even expected to serve our own internal sense of reality . Experiences may not be questioned . And so , here we are , with judges who insist that males are females , governors who call abortion “ life sustaining ,” and with politicians claiming their own facts .
It ’ s easy in such a situation for Christians to miss the deeper aspects of the real challenges we face , but it ’ s not simply this issue over here or that battle of ideas over there . The struggle of our time is , at its most basic level , a struggle to define reality . That ’ s why , as a friend of mine says , we so often find ourselves using the same vocabulary but not the same dictionary .
The battle for hearts and minds is quite often the battle over the definition of words . Defining truth is as essential as defending it . ■
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The Colson Center Truth , Love , Together Virtual Event
The opening module of our Truth , Love , Together virtual event is all about recapturing a Christian vision of Truth , one that is ultimately grounded in the person of Jesus Christ . This first module is entitled “ What Is Truth ?” Os Guinness opens the module in a session called “ The Roots of the Present Crisis .” Dr . Sean McDowell follows with “ What Happened to Truth ?” and Abdu Murray ’ s session is about “ Loving Truth in a Post-Truth World .” After all , if truth is grounded in the person of Christ , our proper response must be to not only know truth but love truth . And , in a special bonus session , Natasha Crain speaks on “ Teaching Your Kids Truth in a Noisy World .” Come to Conference . Colson Center . org to learn more .
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview . He ’ s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture , theology , worldview , education , and apologetics . John is the daily voice of BreakPoint , the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture founded by the late Chuck Colson .
David Carlson has a B . A . in religion from the College of William and Mary . He served as Vice-President of Communications for Prison Fellowship Ministries ( PFM ) since 2003 , at various times in charge of public relations , interactive media , and print communications . He began his career with PFM in 1988 as a speech writer for the Vice-President of Justice Fellowship and was instrumental in the development of Restorative Justice theory . For more than a decade , he was editor of Jubilee , PFM ’ s award winning newsletter , and senior editor of Inside Journal , PFM ’ s in-prison newspaper . In 2006 , he was asked by Chuck Colson to serve as editor of Colson ’ s daily “ BreakPoint ” radio broadcast . Ten years later , Carlson remains in that role , seeking to carry on Chuck ’ s teaching and legacy through radio , internet , and social media . He recently oversaw the editing of “ My Final Word ,” a collection of previously unpublished memos from Chuck Colson . David and his wife , Julie , have four sons and live in Fairfax , VA .
ENDNOTES 1 . Jack Crowe , “ Attorneys for Conn . High School Runners Ask Judge to Recuse after He Forbids Them from Describing Trans Athletes as Male ,” National Review , May 11 , 2020 , https :// www . nationalreview . com / news / attorneys-for-connecticut-high-school-runnersask-judge-to-recuse-after-he-forbids-them-from-describing-trans-athletes-as-male .
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