I feel therefore I am
by Campbell Campbell-Jack, A Grain of Sand:
We all ask, ‘Why?’ Why do some men think themselves entitled to compete in women’s sports? Why do people seem to hunt out supposed micro-aggressions in order to be offended? Why have institutions suffered a drop in membership? Why is there such an increase in identity politics? There are many subsidiary responses but the core answer is that when you turn your back on Christ you turn your back on more than Christ.
The Importance of Truth.
What we think determines what we do. At one time we said that all truth is God’s truth, but no longer. One of the most destructive aspects of our modern malaise is that we have abandoned the search for that truth. God’s good gift of rational thought has been replaced by emotion and hard facts by wishful thinking. When the West turned its back on Christian teaching it abandoned that which held it together (Colossians 1:17) and as a result we are disintegrating as a coherent culture.
For Christians truth is vitally important, Jesus even describes himself as ‘the truth’ (John 14:6). Again and again in the gospels Jesus stresses the truthfulness of what he says. Just hours before facing the cross Jesus prayed for his followers, ‘Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth’ (John 17:17). For the past 2000 years we have used reason and logic in pursuit of truth. That there are differences between between us is understandable, we are all fallen and have our own strengths and weaknesses, but we all try to use reason to develop our understanding.
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