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By Scott Greer, Senior MiniSter

“You can’t handle the truth!!!”

is a line spat out in disgust by Jack Nicholson’s character in the movie “A

Few Good Men” to an attorney who

was investigating the circumstances

behind the death o a young service-

man. The lawyer was searching or

the truth; Nicholson’s character is the

villain. He creates his own truths by

which everyone else should live. We,

too, are looking or truth in our world.

We claim that we want to know what’s

real and genuine, but sometimes the

actual truth seems to scare us. So we

unction according to our perception o

truth. Sometimes it makes me wonder

i we “can’t handle the truth.”

In the mid-1970’s, or instance ,

perceived truthstated the world was

experiencing global cooling (yes, you

read that right: global cooling). Ques-

tions arose as to what would we do

about ood supplies and people migrat-

ing to warmer climates. There was also

a time in history when the world wasknown to be at and the perception o

alling o the edge o it was very real to

many (particularly sailors). There was at

one time a perception in our own

history o the United States that owning

slaves was moral. Even the Supreme

Court o the United States upheld that

truth in the Dred Scott decision in 1857.

Throughout the centuries, man-

kind has claimed to be searching ortruth, but I wonder i we hold on to

our perceived truths because we can’t

handle THE TRUTH. In the book o

John, chapter 18, Jesus made a court

appearance in ront o the governor

presiding over a mock trial that was

theoretically searching or truth, but

Jesus was aced with a jury who had

already made up its mind about what

to do with Him. Pilate and Jesus had a

verbal exchange, and Jesus spoke to

Pilate saying, “Everyone on the side o truth listens to me.” Pilate’s response

was, “What is truth?” (John 18:37-38)

In today’s culture, we are presented

with many “truths” that are completely

contrary to God’s Truth. Our culture to-

day tells us evolution is a act, reedom

o religion means removing God rom

public venues, violence portrayed in

movies and on television is harmless,

and the traditional amily is irrelevant.

But we must ask, “What does God’sWord have to say about the values and

standards that are paraded beore us

on television, on the radio, in music,

and in the theaters?”

Too oten, we all prey to the truth

that one person can’t really change

anything. We suppose that our lives

can’t really make a dierence in a world,

a country, or a city that presents seem-

ingly insurmountable problems toogreat or us to cope with. We simply

withdraw and wait or someone else

to nd the answers, or look to govern-

ment to provide the “Great Solution.”

But Christ expects us to live our lives

in aithulness to His calling. He gives

us the power o His Holy Spirit to live a

lie that makes a dierence to those we

come in contact with on a daily basis.

There has to be absolutes that go

beyond the whims and myths o men.

Our next series is Mythbusters and we

will examine some o the belies and

values o our culture that present chal-

lenges to living the lie Christ has called

us to live, many times in opposition to

current views.

There is only one way we can know

the truth and that is through Jesus

Christ who declared that “I am the Way,

the Truth, and the Lie.” (John 14:6).

Make no mistake. Our enemy will spit

out the words “You can’t handle thetruth!” And i we live in ear o our cul-

ture, or o the popular myths o the day,

we won’t be able to handle God’s Truth,

the truth that is revealed in His Word.B

I’ll see you Sunday,



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On the

side o the

pool sat one

little girl, all

by hersel. I

watched or

a ew minutes to see i there might be

a problem and wondered about the

possible scenarios. Had another child

hurt her eelings and she just needed

to be alone or a ew minutes? She

didn’t look necessarily unhappy and

even smiled as she watched the others

play. Was the water too cold or her

slight rame? Personally, I thought the

water was rigid, own in all the way

rom Antarctica!

Didn’t she know how to swim?

But, all o the other children had taken

their swimming tests. I watched them.

This child didn’t have on the required

swimming vest like the other non-

swimmers, so surely that couldn’t bethe problem. I just didn’t understand.

It was a hot summer day and everyone

else, including the cold adults were in

the pool. Why wasn’t she?

Finally, I called her by name and

asked, “Don’t you want to get in with

the rest o us?” To which she politely

replied, “No. I’m okay.” She straightened

her beach towel, pretending not to be

bothered by my inquiry. But, I wasn’t

quite ready to give up so I asked, “Is

the water too cold or you?” Again she

answered, “No. I’m okay.”

It just wasn’t normal behavior or

this child not to join in. We were at

camp and everyone was having a won-

derul time enjoying the water except

her. I so much wanted to know the

truth o this situation, but didn’t want toannoy her or make the “problem” big-

ger than it actually was. So, I thought it

best to try a dierent approach.

I spoke to one o the other camp

volunteers about what I had been

observing, hoping that she might be

able to discover the truth behind this

situation. A ew minutes later, the vol-

unteer reported that this child never

took the swimming test. She was too

embarrassed to take the test in ront o

the other children. We had nallyarrived at the truth. Why didn’t I think

o that? I’ve been working with children

or years and missed this one. We

knew that i she didn’t take the test,

she wouldn’t be able to swim the next

day either. So, we asked the lieguard

i she would be willing to allow her

to take the test ater the others had

gone back to their cabins. Needless to

say, she passed and the lieguard even

commented that she “swam like a sh.”

I we hadn’t sought to understand

the situation, we would never have

arrived at the truth o it. I thought about

what might have happened i I hadn’t

pursued an answer. God reminded me

o how I oten take things at ace value

and in my own mere, human under-

standing simply accept them as realityHow easy it is to be led astray, when

we don’t look or the truth. As we ente

into this next sermon series, we need

to be open to searching out the truth

that only God can give us. Discovering

and knowing the truth will demand

our action i we want to swim. B

Searching For Truth

Demands Action

By Sheri randall,

director of eleMentary MiniStrieS

Sunday MorningS at 10:301St-5th grade StudentS



By andrew rayMond,

Middle School MiniSter /Senior adult MiniSter

By andrew rayMond,

Middle School MiniSter /Senior adult MiniSter

Buying Into The Myth

Now

that I have

reached

the ripe old

age o 23

and have

climbed oh so high on the economic

ladder (well, not really), my wie and I

nd ourselves driving through random

neighborhoods looking at houses. As

we drive by we discuss what we like

about this house or don’t like about

that house. When we nally nd one

that ts both o our criteria, one o us

jumps out o the car, grabs the yer out

o the little tube on the “For Sale” sign,

and brings it back to the car. That’s

usually when reality sets in. There is no

way we could aord that house.Several thoughts rush through

my mind, “Maybe in a couple years,”

or, “Maybe i I don’t get a new car,” or,

“What can I do without, in order to get

this house.” Then God usually steps in

and says something like, “Son, do you

really think you need that house?” As

I toss the question around in my mind,

I usually try to justiy it in some way,

but eventually have to admit, “No, I

don’t need that house.”

As I look at other areas o my lie, I

nd that this same scenario keeps hap-

pening – only instead o a house, it ’s

a car or a TV or whatever else soundsnice that day. As I talk to my riends,

most o them have elt the same “pull.”

I am willing to bet that you have elt

it, too. What is “it” that you daydream

about, or nd yoursel thinking about

requently? Whatever “it” is, is a lie that

we have all bought into at some point,

or i you are like me requently.

The culture we live in is driven by

the desire or success, and our world

generally measures success by howmuch money and how much stu you

have. I am convinced that it doesn’t

matter what rung o the economic

ladder you are on, everyone eels the

need to have more or better o some-

thing. In reality, this is Satan’s way o

distracting us rom the things that

really matter in this world, the things

o God. I he can get us to buy into the

myth, which says, “I need more,” he is

already winning the battle, because

we have lost sight o our mission.

I love the way The Message puts

1 Timothy 6:6-8, because it hits me

where I am. It says, “A devout lie does

bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity

o being yoursel beore God. Since we

entered the world penniless and will leave

it penniless, i we have bread on the table

and shoes on our eet, that’s enough.” A

lie devoted to God does lead to great

wealth. Maybe not by the world’s de-

nition o wealth, having “bigger andbetter,” but it does mean you’ll be richly

content with what you have because

what you have (Jesus) truly satises.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not

saying that material wealth is wrong,

but i the desire or material things is

your motivation in lie, you may need

to rethink your values. God has not

called his disciples to greedily store up

as much as possible. He has actually

asked the opposite, or us to live a lieo contentment and even generosity.

A true disciple ollows the example

set orth by the master. Thus, true

disciples o Jesus are willing to do and

give out o all that God has blessed

them with. A man by the name o Mike

Yaconelli once said, “A generous disciple

serves others by listening, supporting,

encouraging, afrming, conronting,

helping, loving, and empathizing with

them. Clearly a disciple is generous

with much more than just money; truedisciples are generous with their time

and energy, so as to imitate the one

whom they ollow. True servanthood

is very difcult, yet very important,

because it’s the one unmistakable way

that people recognize Jesus in us.” Are

you a disciple who sees clearly or do

you continue to buy into the myth? B




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By david SMith, diScipleShip MiniSter

The Myth Of Individualism

One o

the dening

aspects o

Western and

especially

American

culture is

the notion o individualism (think

about the Lone Ranger or the Ameri-

can cowboy). The ocus on sel and

the notion o depending on sel alone

pervades our society.

A college proessor o mine once

gave a talk to a group o rising leaders

in a campus organization and the

primary thought was…”I it is to be, it is

up to me.” Sadly, this concept also exists

within the lives o many Christians andsometimes dictates their own walk with

the Lord. While prayer and personal

Bible study are incredibly important,

as is corporate worship in the large

group, I cannot overstress the impor-

tance o also being in close personal

relationships with other Christians in

the context o small groups or one-on-

one accountability and discipleship. A

avorite passage o mine is ound in

Ecclesiastes 4:12, “Though one may be

overpowered, two can deend themselves.

A cord o three strands is not quickly

broken.” The truth is that we were never

meant to walk alone. Individualism

within Christianity should be con-

sidered a myth. Can you handle the

truth? Looking simply at the Great

Commandment, in addition to loving

God we are instructed to love our

neighbors. God wants us to love each

other, and He also wants us to be open

to being used by Him to teach and im-

pact the lives o others. Richard Foster,

in the book Celebration o Discipline

states it this way, “God does guide the

individual richly and prooundly, but

he also guides groups o people and

can instruct the individual through the

group experience.”

On a personal note, I recently

visited with a church member in the

hospital as he was about to undergo a

serious surgery. How wonderul it was

to see so many rom his Lie Group in

the waiting room sharing the experi-

ence with him and his wie through

their presence, support, and prayers!!

Not only was he being uplited by his

group throughout his experience, but

God was also working through him to

inspire his group members and all o

us who were present!

Let me both encourage you and

challenge you to get into relationships

with other Christ Followers through the

context o a small group; and a great

way to do that is through a Lie Group

here at New Hope. Existing groups are

open or new members, and we areworking towards launching new groups

this all. Be on the lookout or special

events designed to introduce you to

Lie Groups and help you build relation-

ships with others in our church amily.

Contact me to get inormation on how

to join a Lie Group. (www.david.smith

@newhopechristianchurch.com)B

Community…

to be in relationships,

to know and be known,

to care and share,

to challenge and support,

to confde and coness,

to orgive and be orgiven,

to laugh and weep,to be held and hold accountable,

to watch over and grow together.




I realizedhow blessed

I was the

other day as I climbed into the car with

my wie and daughter and headed

out to eat. It wasn’t a special day so to

speak, but a realization came over me

that has stuck with me these last ew

days. It was just a random Tuesday.

Nothing too exciting was happening.

We were just headed out because we

were hungry.

Then the dreaded question came

up between Jenny and mysel. You

know what question I am talking

about. The question that seems to

numb my senses and makes my mind

go blank. The question that I never

seem to be able to answer, and yet,

the answer I am seeking seems so

important at the time. The question

o where are we going to eat. I don’t

know about you and your amily, but

this question seems to bring conusion

and desperation in our car. It’s usually

ollowed by multiple responses o, “I

don’t care, you choose,” ollowed by,

“As long as it’s not Krystals.” As we

debated and made a decision, my

daughter screamed and laughed in the

back seat. That’s when the reality hit

me that changed my perspective on

lots o things.

It wasn’t really an earth-shattering

discovery. Nothing I will be able to

write a book about or get on Dr. Philand discuss, but a conclusion about

my lie all the same. It didn’t take any

deep philosophical reasoning or an

intense study into any book in the

Bible. It was just a bit o clarity that

came rushing in. I realized something

that perhaps at times I orgot to pay

attention to in my busy lie.

You see, I would consider mysel to be a big picture kind o guy. Usually

that big picture is ull o deadlines and

tasks that are generated to accomplish

goals to get my ever-busy job done. I

make lists, brainstorm, and come up

with solutions to problems as I toil

through days and days o work, but

this idea didn’t really involve those

things. It wasn’t a great idea about a

theme at church or even a solution to

my quickly dying grass, but a simpler

problem that needed to be addressed.

As I drove with my amily in tow,

I realized that I had an important job

that only I could do. God had given

me people in my lie that I must love

always and oten, both with actions

and words. Love must be shown and

demonstrated to them daily.

I wonder as I write this article how

many o us orget to complete this task

in our everyday lie. How many o us

orget to simply push pause on ourpersonal goals and try to do our best

when it comes to this concept. I am not

pushing some newound philosophy

or “save the whales” mentality, but

more o a simple approach to this

monumental yet important job.

God’s expectations o my

lie have a lot to do with

the people God puts in

close proximity to me

everyday. Whether

that be

parents, children or riends, the goalsstill remain. We need to love people

with so much more practical and

intentional actions than I think we do

with our lives. We need to spend time

practicing this skill. Not just a eeting

“I love you” or just a passing kiss on the

cheek, but with a passion that drives

us to do more. A passion that drives

us to put ourselves out o the picture

and where we set out to serve our

loved ones with the mandate we have

received rom God. I don’t claim thatthis will be an easy task or even one

that has a simple solution, but all the

same it must be done.

I told you this newound wisdom

hit me while I was driving with my

amily to eat on a random Tuesday, and

now I am just praying that this realiza-

tion will never get lost again. Maybe it

will. Perhaps it does to all o us rom

time to time. I just pray that God will

make this not a random thought in my

mind, but a new part o my everyday

lie. Maybe I am wrong, and I am alone

with struggling to keep this ocus on my

brain. I so, pray or me, and i you’re in

my boat, I am praying or you as well.

So lets love bigger, better, and more

oten today because ultimately that is

the secret, or should I say reason,

that God loved us rst.

Your riend and ever

so lost comrade, Brad. B

Clarity Can CoMe even on a randoM tueSday

By Brad ratliff, youth MiniSter

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Thinking about “myths” can lead

you in a lot o directions. I think o

myths as something that’s not true.

Webster’s dictionary denes it as “a

usually traditional story…that serves to

unold part o the world view o a peo-

ple… ”or “a person or thing having only

an imaginary or unveriable existence.”

So depending on your viewpoint it can

be labeled true or alse. Your perspec-

tive is based on your upbringing and

your environment.

For instance, the denition o

“amily” is a dad, mom, daughter, and

son. That would denitely be a myth

based on societal changes. In my own

lie, and in those around me, amilies

are made up o grandparents, aunts,

uncles, riends, and even complete

strangers who take in someone else’s

biological children. The word amily appears in the

Bible over 100 times. It is apparent in

Scripture that it is an important part o

the human experience. From the very

beginning with Adam and Eve, God

placed an importance on the roles o

the man and woman to create a amily.

He established many times that

the amily or household should be

centered on Him and ocused on

love. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul says,“the greatest…is Love.” Our ami-

lies are dependent on our aith

in God and our love or each

other. The outside world is

determined to create conict

and bring evil to our house-

holds. We must use God as

our shield.

The ollowing are two myths that

were in a recent article in USA Today

regarding the structure o amilies.

Although they make some good

points about problems we’re acing,

they don’t ocus on the real underlying

issue – Faith. The lack o aith and the

constant media attention on political

correctness has led to God being

“swept under the rug.” We need to go

back to the beginning o this country

when our oreathers proclaimed “In

God we Trust.”

Myth: A return to more traditional

amily values and gender roles would save

many marriages and protect children.

Reality: Many problems usually

blamed on the “breakdown o the tradi-

tional amily” exist not because we have

changed too much, but because we haven’t

changed enough. The ailure o men toshare housework and childcare with

their partners, or example, is a primary

source o overload or working mothers

and a major cause o marital confict.

This is an interesting perspective,

but the article missed the whole point.

Although I do agree there is a break-

down o the traditional amily unit, I

think the problem is people do not have

their lives lined up with God. They talk

about men not pulling their weight. I a

husband had his lie centered around

God and had love or his wie, then he

would do whatever his amily needed.

Conicts come when people don’t look

to Scripture or their guidance.

Myth: Collapse o the traditional amily is the main source o America’s

social and economic problems.

Reality: Most poverty in America

is caused by changes in wage and job

structures, not amily structures. While

single parenthood can interact with

poverty, community decay, and popu-

lation transiency to create severe risks

or children, single parenthood on its

own is not the main cause o school

ailure, crime, or delinquency. Even i we

reunited every single child in Americawith both parents, two-thirds o the kids

today who are poor would remain so.

Economic problems are caused

by people. Greed, pride, selshness–

these are all problems that create

such a huge nancial gap between

the classes. When we are not ocused

on what God wants or His people we

are bound to ail. There are so many

stories o people who had nothing

monetary but were richly blessed byJesus through healing, compassion,

and so many other ways.

I you think it is too overwhelming

to try to do something about issues

such as poverty, domestic problems,

hunger… think again. Start with your

own amily, keep God rst, and

remember “the greatest is Love.” B

The World’s View O Families

Versus God’s View – Who’s Right?

By Shelley parkS, early childhood director




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I had an

imaginary

riend when

I was a little

kid. My wie

thinks it’s

strange that

my imagi-nary riend

was a girl;

I don’t really know why. Maybe stranger

is the act that my imaginary riend was

named Jobie. I’m not sure how I made

up that name, but I do know that I

quickly ound out that it was really

convenient to blame every bad thing

that I did on Jobie. It went something

like this: David slaps his sister or

smarting o to him, Dad is not happy

and David responds with the perect

deense: Jobie made me do it!

That’s kind o cute when someone

is ve, but the problem is that many o

us never graduate rom the “Jobie

made me do it” days to the days where

we take personal responsibility or our

actions. We just move rom blaming

Jobie to saying, “The devil made me

do it,” or “God made me this way,” or

anything else to sidestep our personal

responsibility. In James chapter 1, weare told why our excuses won’t hold up

and he tells us who is really to blame.

James 1:2,13-15 says, “ 2Consider it

pure joy, my brothers, whenever you ace

trials o many kinds…13When tempted,

no one should say, “God is tempting me.”

For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor

does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is

tempted when, by his own evil desire, he

is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, ater

desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;and sin, when it is ull-grown, gives birth

to death.”

In that passage, the same Greek

word is translated as trials in verse 2

and temptations in verse 13. That tells

us that trials and temptations are

related. Here are some observations

about trials and temptations.

1. Every Trial is a

temptation: Trials are outward

circumstances; temptations reer to

an inner draw to sin.

2. All Trials have the potential

to become temptations to sin: Every

situation that we nd ourselves in can

become a temptation depending on

our response to it. A trial is a difcultsituation that tests whether you will

trust God and ollow His Spirit or take

matters into your own hands. Trials

give us occasion to sin, but they are

not the cause or it. They have the un-

canny ability to turn us upward toward

God or inward toward ourselves.

The act is that our trials and

temptations don’t make or break us,

they just reveal us. The last thing that

we have to conclude is that:3. We sin because we desire to sin

more than we desire to delight in God:

I once read a story about a missionary

named Hudson Taylor. He was used

greatly by God to do a mighty work in

China and ounded the China Inland

Mission. He was on a train with a riend

o his who was telling him that he was

rustrated with himsel or how he had

responded to a certain situation. Taylor

took his hands and slammed them

down on the tray which was holding

their glasses o water sending water

ying everywhere. The two just sat or

awhile in awkward silence until Taylor

said, --”you will come up against much

trouble and sorrow in your lie, but

when you do remember only what’s in

you will spill out.”

So remember, the next time you

are about to say, “Jobie made me do

it,” or “I had to do it to keep my job,”

or “The devil made me do it,” how we

respond to our trials and temptations

is our responsibility. James tells us that

there is supernatural help availableto us and all we have to do is ask. He

says, “ 5I any o you lacks wisdom, he

should ask God, who gives generously

to all without nding ault, and it will be

given to him.” May our desire or God

to be gloried in our lives grow to the

point where all other desires pale in

comparison. B

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