What is the foundation for making value decisions...for knowing right from wrong? How does each individual person see the world in an orderly way and is it possible to know that there is a right way? Some folks just follow their conscience...but what forces have shaped that conscience? Some folks are molded by what they hear and see in the ever-present media and in popular conversation. But do they really consider the underlying currents and tidal forces that lead to those views and those angles and those perspectives. There can be shifts in popular values over time, almost like the momentum shifts within a football game. Does that mean that right and wrong are like a line of scrimmage that moves up and down the field? Are there absolute truths or only relative values? I remember my father talking at the dinner table about our family values and how, now matter what they did down the street, we would do what was right as we saw it. There are absolutes and there are relatives. Becoming a relative of God by trusting in His Son makes the absolute clear.
John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
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