What Is Truth? Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: What Is Truth? -------------------------------- Date: 9/28/2000 Keywords: "absolute" "relative" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: John 18:37-38* 37. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." 38. "What is truth?" Pilate asked Questions 1. What is Jesus' definition of truth?   2. What is Pilate's definition?   3. When it comes to Web porn, which definition do you apply?   Practical help John Grisham, bestselling novelist and Sunday School teacher, would love this courtroom scene. Jesus vs. Pilate. Church vs. state. Truth vs. ... well, what is truth? Relativism abounds in the modern world, especially regarding pornography. Despite study after study linking porn to a host of social ills, its proponents still promote it with the zeal of legal hucksters. Their rationale: Who are you to condemn this exercise of free speech? While a smart Christian apologist would first respond with pragmatic reasons, he should also hope to reinforce an absolute standard: Web porn is harmful because it fails to conform to the moral order of God's creation. Unfortunately, believers sometimes "go relative" on this issue, seeking excuses for their own dalliances with the dark side. Jesus offers a consistent alternative. Conform your life to him — the incarnation of truth — and you will find freedom. Absolutely. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.