From the Redunkulous Files

So I read Dan Brown's "The Davinci Code" and laughed all the way through it. It's so full of historical fallacies and inaccuracies it's humorous.

Here's a reason why I'm not laughing now. Big-time, well-known movie director on a mission - and not a good one at that. He's got an agenda, street cred from his body of work, and millions of ears tuned-in. Scary.

C'mon people, we've got to be all about The Truth! It breaks my heart that people like this director are searching for The Truth, but haven't found Him yet.

How does this happen? How do people keep missing The Truth? What are you going to do about it today?

Everytime you tell a lie....a puppy dies.

OK, OK, so let's state the obvious. This is NOT an absolute truth. If it were, God help us all! I also have to give credit to http://www.xxxchurch.com/ for the inspiration for the title of this particular blog - for you early xxxchurchers you'll know what I'm referring to. And for all the animal rights people out there, no I do not endorse or wish cruelty upon animals - keep reading.

Webster's defines a lie as "something that misleads or deceives." The worst thing about a lie, in my opinion, is that is oftentimes appears believable. It can wear the cloak of truth, but underneath the disguise is a filthy, ravenous beast who wants to destroy you. My pastor once said (I'm paraphrasing here) "A lie believed to be true produces illegitimate fruit in a person's life." Satan's best weapon against us is to get us to believe a lie or several lies about ourselves. For example:

• No one loves you.
• You are utterly and completely alone.
• You are perfect just the way you are - everyone else is is flawed.
• No one has the right to tell you how to live your life. You make your own rules.
• If you take one more drink you'll feel better.
• Porn is absolutely awesome! It doesn't hurt anybody to look, does it?

Beware of lies brewing around inside your head. I notice them as negative "self-talk." I have to fight like mad not to believe them.

What about you? What lies have you been battling?

There absolutely is absolute truth!

There is a war raging like never before in our modern era. It's sometimes subtle and quiet, sometimes visible and loud. It's the war on absolute truth, and as Christians, I feel we should certainly be alarmed and armed to defend it.

Postmodernism has perpetuated our culture today. While it's certainly a lengthy discussion to describe, a simple definition would be: a belief that truth is what you make of it - there are no absolutes.

I've always been amazed at those who write off absolute truth without giving a brief moment to think about it. I define absolute truth as: something that is true for all people for all times. And I offer these examples to illustrate it does indeed exist:

• 2+2=4. It's true for me. It's true for you. It was true for my earliest ancestor and yours. It will be true for our future children's children's children. It's true in American and in China. It's an absolute truth.
• If I drop a rock from my hand in my yard it will hit the ground. If I travel to Africa and drop the same rock it will....you guessed it, hit the ground. If I left said rock in a time capsule with explicit instructions for whoever opens it 100 years from now to drop it, guess what? It will hit the ground. Gravity is an absolute truth!
• George Washington was our first President. 1000 years from now, he will still be known as our first President. Even people all around the world know George Washington was our country's first President. It's an absolute truth.

So, if absolute truth doesn't exist, why do we even have the word "truth" in our vocabulary?

What's your thoughts?

I'm not Superman...but I wish I was!

I love the comic Calvin & Hobbes. Check out this one. I can totally relate and here's why - there was a day, when I was a kid, that I believed I could fly. Just like Superman, up, up, and away! In fact, you could say that I had an unflinching faith in my flying capabilities.

What did I do about it? Like James says, faith without actions is dead, right? So at the tender age of 5-years-old I took a leap of faith. Literally. Off the very tip-top peak of my house. One broken leg-second-later (can you say ouch?) I realized one very important lesson - misplaced faith, although genuine, can be harmful.

I define "misplaced faith" as a belief in something that isn't absolutely true nor based upon an absolute truth. I believed I could fly. The truth of gravity didn't care. No matter how hard or how much I believed - I could not change the absolute truth of gravity. Absolute truth is true for all people for all times.

This week I want to focus on some absolute truths. I hope you all will join in the discussions.

What are some absolute truths you've learned the hard way?