The Nature of Truth

The first two definitions Webster's provides for “truth” are:

1 a archaic : FIDELITY, CONSTANCY b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2 a (1) : the state of being the case : FACT (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true c : the body of true statements and propositions.

It is interesting that the first definition is human centered: A subjective, inside out perspective on truth. It isn't until we get to the second sense (definition) that the focus shifts to things outside of ourselves: objective truth. Truth that we don't interpret, but that is predefined.

This human tendency, to first look to itself, is shown to be true in many different areas of existence. But it is the most obvious with this question: What is the nature of truth?

Humanity has struggled with this question for as long as we have existed. And whether we look to the vaporous abstractions of Plato, the succinct cynicism of Pontius Pilate who uttered the words “What is truth?”, or the verbosity of Immanuel Kant; we can't seem to come up with a concrete answer.

If there was a source of knowledge that could fully and completely define truth, would we be interested? If there was a person that claimed to be the very embodiment of truth, would we listen? Or would we be so disillusioned by our own inability to define truth, that we would dismiss these potential sources out of hand?

Interestingly enough, we do indeed have a book that makes bold and startling claims in this regard. And likewise, the author of this book makes bold and startling claims about Himself. That He and He alone is the full and complete embodiment of truth, and that His very nature defines truth. And that His words share and reflect every aspect of His nature.

Listen along as we begin a new series: The Nature of Truth. Over the next several months we will revisit this topic and examine the claims of the Bible in this regard. And we will discover that whether we examine the evidence in an emotional or an empirical mindset, we arrive at the same answers. Whether we inspect this word with an eye to the historical or the contemporary, we end up with the same conclusions:

That this is a book that transcends space and time. That this is a book that knows us better than we know ourselves. And that this is a book that does indeed have the answer to mankind's greatest question: What is the nature of truth?


The Nature of Truth (1 of 2) - mp3

The Nature of Truth (2 of 2) - mp3

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