False Ideas About Truth - Part 1 by Dr. Joe L. Mott on March 23, 2026

References: (1) “Twelve Points that Show Christianity is True” by Norman Geisler. (2) “Stealing from God” by Frank Turek. (3) The Bible puts a great PREMIUM on truth. Psa. 61:7 says mercy and truth preserves. Psa. 85:10 says mercy and truth are aligned and since mercy is clearly valuable, then truth is equally valuable. Prov. 16:6 says in mercy and truth atonement is provided for iniquity. Prov. 23:23 implores us, “Buy the truth and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.” We absolutely need all four concepts. There is a COST to truth, because truth is valuable. It requires DEDICATION to find it. (4) Jesus said, “If you continue in My word, you are My disciples indeed, and you shall KNOW the truth, and the truth will make you FREE” (John 8:31-32). Believers are commanded to speak truth to our neighbors (Eph. 4:25). Eph. 5:9 says the fruit of the Spirit is in truth. 2Thess. 2:13 shows that belief in the truth is a necessary component of salvation. 1 Tim. 2:3-4 says God “desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Tim.3:15 says that the church of the living God is the pillar and ground of the truth. 2Tim. 3:6-7 shows that people can be LED ASTRAY because they have not come to the knowledge of the truth. (5) Eph.6:10-18 reveals Christ’s followers are in a battle against the spiritual forces of evil embodied in principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (6) This is more than a wrestling match; it is a CLASH of worldviews between the secular view and the biblical view. (7) I list the conflict between the 2 views concerning: marriage, gender, truth, and morality. (8) Secularity approves of the LGBT+ community, but the biblical view is DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED to the practice of MUTILATING the bodies of impressionable youth. (9) “Jesus and the New Testament” article by Kevin Bauder from Central Baptist Theological Seminary. (10) Not one book of the NT was written during Jesus’ earthly life and ministry. If Jesus were to endorse the NT at all, then He would have to do it BEFORE it was written. His words about the NT would have to take the form of FORETELLING a later event. (11) I list several verses Jesus said about the ministry of the Holy Spirit. (12) This I believe reveals that Jesus is INDIRECTLY saying that what His apostles and those who were close to an apostle would write in the first century would make up the NT and it would be TRUSTWORTHY because the Holy Spirit would give it as the very words of Christ. (13) “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. (14) They recommend what they call “the Road Runner Tactic” that takes statements that culture offers, and applies the statement to ITSELF like in the above situation. This tactic quickly identifies the FALSE STATEMENTS and FALSE PHILOSOPHIES that permeate our secular culture. (15) “Mere Christianity” by C. S. Lewis. This is episode 268.