Americans are faced with questions and issues that never existed before. Stresses are building to levels which are destroying relationships, impacting communities and causing significant emotional reactions. How are Christians to deal with these questions and issues?
The Built on Truth Series offers powerful suggestions to Christians about how to deal with difficult questions and issues in a transparent and consistent way. Others may not like or agree with the outcomes, but they should be able to understand how they were attained.
Some foundational assumptions of Christianity are God exists and is active in the world, God created everything, and the Bible was provided by God so people can know what to believe, how to make choices and how to live according to God’s standards.
A good next step is to find direct and indirect Scriptures pertaining to the subject at hand.
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Jesus said, “And no one pours news wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”
Jesus is talking about the gospel he is bringing plus the fact he is both Messiah and Son of God. He knows these messages will not fit within the traditional Jewish viewpoint. He also acknowledges it is very comfortable to stay with traditions and what you know instead of making big changes.
That hasn’t ever changed for mankind. It is very comfortable to stay with what you know. The main reasons you make changes is if you are forced to do so or if new information leads you to the conclusion that making changes is worth the risk involved.
