The Truth Project

I had the very great privilege of attending Focus on the Family's The Truth Project Conference today in Bothell, WA. Here is an excerpt from The Truth Project website that describes the purpose of this ministry:

"In a recent study, the Barna Research Group revealed a stunning statistic that continues to reverberate throughout the evangelical world. Only 9 percent of professing Christians have a biblical worldview.¹

Because of this, today's believers live very similarly to non-believers. A personal sense of significance is rarely experienced, we spend our money and time on things that fail to satisfy and we begin to wonder what life's ultimate purpose really is. We are, in short, losing our bearings as a people and a nation.

To counter this slide within the body of Christ, we are launching one of the most ambitious and powerful projects in the history of our ministry—Focus on the Family's The Truth Project.

The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum comprised of 12 one-hour lessons taught by Dr. Del Tackett. This home study is the starting point for looking at life from a biblical perspective. Each lesson discusses in great detail the relevance and importance of living the Christian worldview in daily life.

We believe this one project represents the possibility for exponential change within the body of Christ, as we expect that thousands will be transformed by this curriculum. As it has been throughout history, God continues to call ordinary people to make an eternal difference in our world."

Attenders of the two-day training session/conference received this DVD-based curriculum in order to begin hosting small groups. We watched several clips from the series throught the conference, as well as a twenty minute segment, and the series itself is very well done -- not only theologically, but in the multi-media department as well. In the series, Dr. Tackett teaches primarily, and there are guest appearances from Apologists and Theologians such as Ravi Zacharias, Os Guinness, R.C. Sproul and others, as well as fascinating interviews with people from all over the world in various careers and demonstrating various worldviews.

Throughout the conference in Bothell, Dr. Del Tackett asked the question, "What is Truth?" and then examined the relationship truth has to every aspect in one's life and society. Today in his teaching, Dr. Tackett emphasized continously the absolute necessity of gazing into the face of God -- that is, focusing upon the character of God -- in order to establish the right understanding of Truth. This was precious, and it reminded me of Psalm 119:130 -- "The entrance of Your Words gives light. It gives understanding..."

Very, very wonderful tool engaging minds in the understanding of truth being put out by Focus on the Family. Looks as though the conference line-up is for the East Coast in the fall... so, if The Truth Project is in your area (especially you college students...), please pray about whether or not the Lord would have you attend.