In John 18, Jesus stands before Pilate and tells him, “the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.” “What is truth?” retorts Pilate.
Jesus was the only entirely truthful person that ever lived. Leading up to His crucifixion, His accusers fabricated charges against Him. Peter fearfully and fervently denied that he knew Him.
Truth has always been deployed flexibly by human beings.
Iran: War, fear and Biblical wisdom
Last weekend, the US and Israel launched military strikes on Iran that killed the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, …