Truth Isn't A "Conviction"

But truth is not like conviction. Conviction might be a matter of personal opinion, but truth is like a great mountain, solid and immovable whether we like it or even acknowledge it. Christianity is not a set of convictions it is a truth. The most offencive thing imaginable.

Jesus is a rock, all right. "A stone of stumbling and a rock of a fence." Romans 9:33 (NASB)

A rock is offencive in your shoe, because it is an inconvenient. If we said, "Away with all rocks!" We would wish the planet right out from under our feet. But a rock is also the only refuge from the raging seas. The shipwrecked soul doesn't curse the rock because it is immovable; he claims to it, weeping for gratitude."

- John Eldredge. Beautiful Outlaw 

Dedication To Truth

We must be totally dedicated to truth. That is to say we must always hold truth, as best we can determine it, to be more important, more vital to our self interest, than our comfort. Conversely, we must always consider our personal discomfort relatively unimportant and, indeed, even welcome it in the service of the search for truth. Mental health is and ongoing process of dedication to reality at all cost."

- M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

Truth Isn't A "Conviction"

But truth is not like conviction. Conviction might be a matter of personal opinion, but truth is like a great mountain, solid and a movable whether we like it or even acknowledge it. Christianity is not a set of convictions it is a truth. The most offencive thing imaginable.

Jesus is a rock, all right. "A stone of stumbling and a rock of a fence." Romans 9:33 (NASB)

"This side of eternity, we never can fully rid ourselves of our faults. They simply take on new and subtler guises, but they never fully disappear. There are always more moral battles to be fought."

- Roland Rolheiser. Sacred Fire 

Reality Will Leave You Behind Without Knowledge

"..... why do people perish for lack of knowledge? Well, they perish - to make it very short and sweet - because, if you don't have knowledge, reality will run over you, or desert you, or leave you out.

Whereas if we act with knowledge and truth, our actions harmonize with reality. Otherwise, not, or they do it just by chance."

Dallas Willard. 

You Can Not Live Without A World View.

"You "world view" consists of your assumptions about the realities and values that goveren you and the world in which you live..... Thats an important thing to understand about worldviews: is that you don't have to  think about them in order for them to determine your behaviour. We need to let that soak in. 

You can't live without a worldview. 

It is a biological reality, built into your usual actions and responses.

It's built right into your body. Its built right into your life. Built into your body. Your body responds in terms of your world view, whether you think about it or not. Your world view is most clearly  seen in the things you don't  think about and talk about. 

-  Dallas Willard -

- DallasWillard 

Limited Seeing

" Ultimate Reality cannot be seen with any dual operation of the mind, where we eliminate the mysterious, the confusing -anything scary, unfamiliar, or outside our comfort zone. Dualistic thinking is not naked presence to the Presence, but highly controlled and limited seeing."

- Richard Rohr. The Naked Now.