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Yes! There Is Good News!

Bill Rollins has been publishing each week a column in the local Elk Horn, Iowa paper for the past several years.
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Yes! There is Good News!                           March 1, 2019

1/27/2022

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The weather we’ve been having lately is enough to …. well, cause you to: A) pull your hair out, B) rejoice over or C) pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep. I, for one, have had enough of moving snow from my sidewalk and driveway. And I, unlike the children on my school bus, am tired of having school called off for snow days. (I like it when school lets out before Memorial Day).
But there are those who enjoy the snow. It is evident from the tracks in some of the fields and meadows that snow mobiles are used around here! Some are enjoying the abundant snow on the slopes of the Crescent ski area. Now, mind you, I actually enjoy the walks my wife and I take in the early morning crisp cold air - but the snow!!!

The reality here is that it is just a matter of perspective. A recently-aired news piece on TV had the reporter interviewing those who enjoy the snow and so encouraged others to get out and go sledding or ice skating, etc. And I see their point. So, what is your perspective? OK, this is not an article concerning the weather or the amount of snowfall! But what is your perspective concerning the world in which we live? In other words, what is your worldview?

Some years ago I encountered this concept of “worldview.” At first I didn’t know what to make of it. “What is your worldview?” “Do you have a secular worldview or a biblical worldview?” I believe the answer to that question tells a lot about how a person sees their relationship with God.

There are a lot of venues in the world today from which to garner information. Online or hard copy, we can read opinions, ideas, or theories about politics, science, history or current events. But in today’s world, how do you know what is true? My comment on this is that if you put forth an expert on a subject, someone else will put forth 3 experts confirming an opposing view.

Generally speaking, before answering anyone who would ask me my opinion on a given subject, I have to formulate my answer through the truth of the Bible. In other words, I have a biblical worldview – for me there can be no other way. You see, those with a secular worldview can make up any answer they might want to because they don’t have the “sure foundation” of the Bible. In this society where truth seems to be very illusive, how do we know what is “truth” and what is not? The only foundation for truth that we have is the word of God, for we read “Thy Word is Truth.” The truth is, apart from that foundation, all human beings are liars; in fact the Bible puts it this way, “Let God be true, though every man a liar.” (Rom. 3:4) Now it is always possible for a person to be in error as to what he says – but deliberately telling an untruth is lying.

How then can a person who says he is a Christian and believes the Bible to be the word of God, make a comment that involves secular reasoning or understanding and which also contradicts the word of God? Allow me to end this session by quoting from the true Lord’s Prayer found in John 17. Jesus was in prayer to the Father and says this, “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” And yes we are seekers of truth and good news!
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