{"id":2066,"date":"2010-10-26T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2010-10-19T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:46:20","slug":"october-27-november-2-2010-searching-for-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/october-27-november-2-2010-searching-for-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"October 27-November 2, 2010&#8211;Searching for the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by\u00a0Dennis Sepper, University Pastor, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington<\/p>\n<h3>Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n<p>How do know if something is true?<\/p>\n<h3>Searching for the Truth<\/h3>\n<p>With the November 2 election drawing near, if you are anything like me, you are tired of the political ads on TV, on the web, and in print.\u00a0 We all may be at the point where we do not listen to them anymore.\u00a0 In addition many of us simply do not trust the truth of claims made by one candidate against another.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/shutterstock_1462334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2075\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px;border: black 1px solid\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/shutterstock_1462334-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/shutterstock_1462334-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/shutterstock_1462334-1024x752.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Stretching the truth, quoting out of context, and old fashion mudslinging now seem to be the norm of every election cycle.\u00a0 How can we tell if a candidate is telling the truth?\u00a0 One way is to visit websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/paste\/www.factcheck.org%20%20\">www.factcheck.org <\/a>, a project of the University of Pennsylvania which follows political commercials and, as the title says, checks the facts to make sure candidates are telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>But we must also consider that we live in a time when some scholars and philosophers tell us that truth might no longer be \u201cobjective\u201d and thus true for all.\u00a0 They argue that more and more truth is defined by a community of people.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe that is why, in a survey done is August of this year, nearly 1 in 5 Americans said that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, even though during his campaign there was a large controversy over a statement made by his Christian pastor in Chicago and he has on more than one occasion stated the fact that he is a Christian.\u00a0 There simply exists a certain community of people in our country for whom believing the President is Muslim is a true fact and they cannot be persuaded differently.<\/p>\n<p>Also, with advances in computer software, one can now edit a picture, cutting and pasting from other pictures so to make a new compilation which looks \u201creal.\u201d\u00a0 When it comes to truth we can\u2019t even trust our eyes anymore.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever questioned the truth of a statement made by a political candidate or other adult?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think about the idea that truth is defined by a community of people and is not \u201cobjective\u201d and true for all?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever been fooled by a Photoshopped picture?\u00a0 How did it make you feel when you found out the photo was not true?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scripture Texts (NRSV) for Sunday, October 31, 2010 (Reformation Day)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=154441422\">Jeremiah 31:31-34<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=154441464\">Romans 3:19-28<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=154441503\">John 8:31-36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Text links are to <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/\">Oremus Bible Browser<\/a>. Oremus Bible Browser is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can find the calendar of readings for Year C at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Growing-In-Faith\/Worship\/Lectionary.aspx\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Gospel Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>The Reformation Day Gospel text comes from a section of John\u2019s Gospel where Jesus is in a series of controversies with the religious leaders of his time.\u00a0 In this particular section the religious leaders are questioning the divine commissioning of Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus argues that he and God are one and that his life, words, and teachings come from God and are true.\u00a0 The religious leaders believe that authority and truth come from the Torah (the first five books of the Bible, which contain the law).<\/p>\n<p>In our text Jesus challenges us to think about truth in another way.\u00a0 Jesus states, \u201cIf you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.\u201d\u00a0 What Jesus is talking about is continuing in a relationship to Jesus.\u00a0 In John\u2019s gospel our relationship to Jesus is of prime importance.\u00a0 As we abide in Jesus and Jesus abides in us, we know the truth of the Gospel (see John 15:7 where John uses the same image) and that truth is what sets us free.\u00a0 We seek the truth by staying in a close relationship to Jesus and as we continue in Jesus, the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to us.<\/p>\n<p>The truth of the gospel that led Martin Luther to reform the church came from his relationship to the living Jesus.\u00a0 All his life Luther knew \u201cabout\u201d God and the God Luther knew was an angry God.\u00a0 Luther could find no grace, no peace.\u00a0 Then, while working on a lecture series on Romans, as he was reading and studying Romans 3, the Spirit opened Luther\u2019s eyes and heart and mind\u2014the gospel truth touched Luther in a new way.\u00a0 Luther\u2019s relationship to Jesus caused him to see the Bible in a new way.\u00a0 Luther discovered the truth and the truth set Luther free.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t what we know \u201cabout\u201d God that sets us free, it is our faith, our trusting relationship with Jesus that sets us free and saves us.\u00a0 The truth is Jesus.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Webster\u2019s Collegiate Dictionary defines truth as \u201cthe body of real things, events, and facts; a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted a true.\u201d\u00a0 Do you agree with this definition?\u00a0 What does the word \u201ctruth\u201d mean to you?<\/li>\n<li>Can there be \u201ctruth\u201d without evidence, facts, or proof?\u00a0 If so, how do we then know if that something is true?\u00a0 Could it be that it is something that works in our lives and in our living?\u00a0 In our relationships to others?<\/li>\n<li>On most Sundays in worship we recite the Apostles\u2019 or Nicene Creeds.\u00a0 These are summaries of what we hold to be true about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 However, which comes first, our relationship with Jesus and God that causes us to speak the creeds, or the creeds that teach us the truth about God in an objective way?<\/li>\n<li>How do we nurture our relationship to Jesus and keep it strong and alive?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Activity Suggestions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Since this is Reformation Day, you might want to be prepared to share a brief biography of Martin Luther.\u00a0 You could especially highlight the freedom Luther experienced when the truth set him free.<\/li>\n<li>We usually think of truth the way Webster\u2019s Dictionary defines it above, as a series of facts or propositions.\u00a0 Jesus speaks of truth as a relationship with him and God.\u00a0 Using an online Bible Concordance or search engine look up \u201ctruth\u201d and see how Jesus uses the word in other parts of the Gospels.\u00a0 To get you started, here are some passages in the Gospel of John 1:14-17; 4:23-24; 14:6; 14:15-17.\u00a0 What is the nature of the truth Jesus speaks in these passages?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Closing Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Gracious and loving God, your Servant Jesus said that he is the way and the truth and the life.\u00a0 May we always abide in Jesus and Jesus in us, that we might be faithful disciples of Jesus following wherever he may lead us.\u00a0 Keep us in your truth that we might enjoy the abundant life you promise.\u00a0 In your Holy Name we pray.\u00a0 Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by\u00a0Dennis Sepper, University Pastor, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma Washington Warm-up Question How do know if something is true? 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