Sermon Illustrations
Relative Truth Illustration
By Rev. Jeff Dixon, Senior Equipping Minister, Covenant Community Church
Apr 26, 2005, 15:22

Relative Truth

How long would you continue to fly with an airline whose motto was "Safety Standards are Fine for Those Who Are Uptight About It, But Our Engineers Aren't So Narrow"?

How excited would you be about going under the scalpel of a surgeon who told you: "You know, I never bothered much with anatomy in Med school, since all medical truth is relative anyway"?

How long would you leave your child in a school where the chemistry teacher said to her, "You're free to drink from either that container of H2O or that beaker of H2SO4. After all, they're both clear liquids and we're only talking about a couple of molecules here or there, so imbibe whatever you prefer"?

People think and actually fool themselves into believing that all truth is relative in the culture of the day. However, the real truth is....although many say it...they don't really believe it...or actually live their lives by that kind of relativity.

Remember as you try to present the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world around you...you are presenting absolute truth. The struggle is, many will say they don't believe in absoloute truth.

The story above reminds us that even in the midst of claiming to think all truth is relative there are still some absolutes that keep us on course. As you share your faith make sure that the reality of your faith can be seen absolutely in you...if it is...then perhaps you have earned the right to be heard.....

Think about it

Rev. Daniel D. Meyer, "People of the Way"