Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.
In the latest edition of Time magazine, columnist Andrew Sullivan writes on faith and belief in an article titled, “When not seeing is believing.” Part of what he contends in this piece is that adherence to absolute truth is on the rise in our world because of fear. His argument is that when we are afraid and unsettled in this world we cling to the next for security.
His goal is to put across the idea that it is weak minded to believe in absolute truth, especially when the motivation is nothing but uncertainty. Sullivan gets a lot wrong in his article, not the least of which is his relativistic solution to uncertainty. If this world can be a fearful place, how does even more doubt and uncertainty solve anything? In fact, Christians see clearly the hollowness of trusting in this world to save our souls, so we put our trust in something much more stable and secure. There is nothing weak minded about that.
This has been Every Thought Captive, a Christian worldview minute sponsored by Quail Lake Community Church. For more information, please visit quaillake.org.
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