THE TRANS MOVEMENT BECAME A MAJOR CAMPAIGN
ISSUE IN 2024. IT PITTED THOSE WHO BELIEVE WE
MAKE TRUTH UP FOR OURSELVES, VERSUS THOSE
WHO BELIEVE IN ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
WHERE DOES THE ARGUMENT STAND TODAY?
FIND OUT NEXT, ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES,
WHERE WE ARE CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH
AND PROCLAIMING HOPE TO THE NATION.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
IN RECENT DECADES IT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE
TO TALK OF “SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH.”
THERE’S HIS TRUTH, HER TRUTH, YOUR TRUTH, AND MY
TRUTH BUT WHAT USUALLY SEEMS TO BE MISSING IS THE TRUTH.
THAT’S NOT RANDOM-IT’S THE LOGICAL RESULT OF THE PHILOSOPHY
ADOPTED BY OUR WORLD WHICH SAYS THAT, SINCE WE ARE COSMIC
ACCIDENTS WHO ARE HERE BY CHANCE,
OUR EXPERIENCES ARE WHAT MAKES UP THE TRUTH.
BUT ON TODAY’S PROGRAM,
YOU’LL DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUTH.
NOT YOURS OR MINE.
THE TRUTH.
AND WE BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT A MOVEMENT THAT HAS TAKEN THIS
SUBJECTIVE VIEW OF TRUTH TO THE LIMIT THE TRANS MOVEMENT,
WHICH SAYS CATEGORIES AS BASIC AS MALE AND FEMALE
ARE MERELY SOMETHING YOU MAKE UP FOR YOURSELF.
OUR OWN CHRISTINA VIDAL HAS MORE.
THERE IS A POVERTY OF TRUTH,
AND THERE'S A POVERTY OF TRUTH
WHENEVER YOU TAKE GOD OUT OF THE EQUATION.
THE WHOLE TIKTOK GENERATION,
THE SOCIAL MEDIA GENERATION,
IT IS JUST INDICATIVE OF THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE.
THE BIBLE TELLS US:
“LYING LIPS ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,
BUT THEY THAT DEAL TRULY ARE HIS DELIGHT.”
BUT SCREECHING VOICES FROM THE LEFT TELL US,
‘YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR GENDER IDENTITY’.
AND LIE TO CHILDREN BY SAYING BOYS CAN BE GIRLS,
AND GIRLS CAN BE BOYS.
THERE'S CONFUSION WHEN YOU NEGLECT GOD,
THEN THERE'S NO LONGER ANY STANDARD FOR TRUTH.
AND THEN PEOPLE ARE WHIMSICAL ABOUT WHATEVER
THEIR IDEA OF TRUTH IS.
HOW DID WE GO FROM 30 YEARS AGO,
LGBTQ REPRESENTED 2% OF OUR WORLD
TO IT'S NOW 30 TO 40% OF GEN Z,
THAT'S 18 TO 24 YEAR OLDS
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REPORTS
THAT IN COUNTRIES LIKE SWEDEN,
THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE ONE THOUSAND % INCREASE
OF GENDER DYSPHORIA CASES FROM 2005 TO 2018.
AND RIGHT HERE AT HOME, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH
SO-CALLED GENDER DYSPHORIA HAS TRIPLED IN
4 YEARS--THE VAST MAJORITY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE
AGE OF 25, BEFORE THEIR BRAINS ARE FULLY DEVELOPED.
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD
ADDRESSES THE NORMALIZATION OF TRANGENDERISM
IN HER LATEST BOOK,
FIVE LIES OF OUR ANTI-CHRISTIAN AGE.
DOES A GENDER ANXIOUS CHILD EXIST?
YES, VERY MUCH LIKE AN ANOREXIC CHILD MAY EXIST.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
MY HUSBAND KEN BUTTERFIELD HAS PREACHED THREE SERMONS
ON THE SIN OF TRANSGENDERISM.
AND, AND ONE OF THEM, HE SAID,
IT'S LIKE DR. FRANKENSTEIN MET DR. MENGELE.
AND THEY DECIDED TO GO INTO PRACTICE TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A YOUNG MAN IN OUR CHURCH,
WHO CAME TO ME AFTERWARDS WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES AND SAID,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS 12, I STARTED TO
GO DOWN THAT TRACK. AND I WISH
I HAD HEARD A SERMON LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS 12.
BECAUSE I'D HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT HISTORY NOW.
IN HIS DAILY WIRE PODCAST,
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST JORDAN PETERSON
SPEAKS WITH WHISTLEBLOWER DR. EITHAN HAIM
ABOUT SOME OF THE PRACTICES OF TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL’S
SO-CALLED GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE.
‘I’VE NEVER SEEN THE MEDICAL AND
PSYCHIATRIC COMMUNITY DO ANYTHING WORSE
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE THAN WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING WITH
SO-CALLED GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.’
IT’S ANTI-LANGUAGE. IT’S NOT JUST A EUPHEMISM,
IT’S NOT JUST A FEW DEGREES OFF FROM
THE TRUTH, IT’S NOT ORIENTED TOWARDS THE TRUTH,
IT’S ORIENTED TOWARDS THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
COMPLETELY, ITS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO REALITY
AND TO THE TRUTH.”
THE BIGGEST LIE IN ALL OF THIS: WELL
“WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A LIVE TRANS CHILD
OR A DEAD CHILD?”
RIGHT, THIS INSISTENCE, THAT TO
PARENTS THAT IF THEY DARED VOICE
OPPOSITION TO THIS ABSOLUTELY BARBARIC AND UNCONSCIONABLE
MEDICAL PROCESS, THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY
DOOMING THEIR CHILDREN TO DEATH.
IT’S THE MOST EVIL LIE TOLD IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE.
SINCE THIS INTERVIEW AIRED, DR. HAIM WAS FACING
FEDERAL CHARGES FOR LEAKING PATIENT INFORMATION,
AS HE BLEW THE WHISTLE ON HARM BEING DONE
TO MINORS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
BUT ALL THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED IN JANUARY OF 2025.
SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THAT THE GREATEST WAY
I CAN SHOW YOU RESPECT IS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
WHEN WE SPEAK THE TRUTH,
IT CAN COME ACROSS AS LACKING COMPASSION.
AND HERE'S WHY, BECAUSE
TRUTH BY ITSELF CAN BE OFFENSIVE.
WHEN YOU TELL SOMEONE THE TRUTH
AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN
ACCUSE YOU OF NOT BEING COMPASSIONATE.
BUT TO BE COMPASSIONATE IS ACTUALLY
TO TELL SOMEONE THE TRUTH BECAUSE
YOU LOVE THEM ENOUGH TO BE TRUTHFUL.
WE CAN SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE, BUT TO NOT SPEAK
THE TRUTH THAT IS SHOWING A LACK OF COMPASSION.
AND THE CHURCH SHOULD REALLY BE THE
SOLUTION TO THE CONFUSION AND STAND UP AND SAY,
HERE'S HOW GOD DESIGNED US IN THE BEAUTIFUL
WAY THAT HE DESIGNED US. LET'S PROTECT THAT,
EMBRACE THAT AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONFUSED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR GOD-GIVEN
BEAUTY THE WAY HE CREATED THEM.
DESIGNED TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN IN EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS,
THE FEDERAL LAW KNOWN AS TITLE IX,
CREATED 50 YEARS AGO, GIVES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
TO FEMALES ACROSS THE NATION.
BUT DAYS BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE,
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO REDEFINE
THE WORD “SEX” BY INSERTING THE TERM
“GENDER IDENTITY” NEXT TO IT,
UNDERMINING THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF TITLE IX
FOR FAIRNESS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN
SPORTS AND EDUCATION.
BUT IN 2025,
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
ESTABLISHING THAT BIOLOGICAL SEX
WILL BE THE ONLY CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING
MALE AND FEMALE.
AS ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM’S CEO AND
PRESIDENT KRISTIN WAGGONER SAID:
“THIS IS A COLOSSAL WIN FOR WOMEN
AND GIRLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY”
NO LONGER WILL MEN OR BOYS BE PERMITTED
TO COMPETE AGAINST WOMEN,
NOR WILL MALES BE PERMITTED IN FEMALE SPACES.
TRANSGENDERISM IS SELF-ABUSE.
YOU'RE DESTROYING WHO YOU ARE.
ONE OF WALT HEYER’S MOST TRUSTED FAMILY MEMBERS
OPENED THE DOOR TO CROSS-DRESSING...
CAUSING HIS LIFE TO TAKE A DRASTIC TURN.
IT STARTED IN 1944 WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER MADE
ME A PURPLE CHIFFON DRESS AND
BEGAN TO DRESS ME UP
AND TOLD ME HOW CUTE I WAS.
AND SHE SAID, THIS IS HER LITTLE SECRET
AND AS SOON AS MY FATHER FOUND OUT
ABOUT OUR LITTLE SECRET,
WHICH HAD GONE ON FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS,
IT SCARED HIM.
AND SO HE STARTED DISCIPLINING ME HEAVILY
AS A WAY TO TRY TO SHAPE ME
INTO A MAN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S JUST ADDITIONAL ABUSE.
YOU'RE JUST PUTTING ABUSE ON TOP OF ABUSE.
AND SO THEN HIS ADOPTED BROTHER,
WHO WAS MY UNCLE FRED, IN HIS TEENS,
BEGAN TO SEXUALLY MOLEST ME
BECAUSE OF THE PURPLE DRESS.
AS AN ADULT, WALT HEYER
UNDERWENT GENDER TRANSITION SURGERY
AND LIVED AS LAURA JENSEN FOR 8 YEARS
AS A RESULT,
HE LOST HIS FAMILY, HIS JOB AND BECAME HOMELESS
UNTIL HE EMBRACED GOD’S TRUTH
ABOUT HIS TRUE IDENTITY.
HE FOUNDED SEX CHANGE REGRET.COM
AND HAS WRITTEN 10 BOOKS,
HIS MOST RECENT: EMBRACING GOD’S DESIGN.
WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT CONSEQUENCES
UNTIL WE DEVELOP A FULL BRAIN
AND HER CROSS-DRESSING ME
AND TELLING ME HOW CUTE I LOOKED,
DESTROYED THE IMAGE I HAD OF WHO I WAS.
AND SO I STRUGGLED WITH THAT IDENTITY.
MOTHER OF TWIN BOYS, ANGEL BRYAN
DISCOVERED A SHOCKING REVELATION
ABOUT ONE OF HER ADULT SONS.
I FOUND PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES FOR ONE OF MY SONS
AND ESTROGEN ON THE BOTTLE
AND MY HEART JUST SUNK.
AND THEN TO APPROACH MY HUSBAND
TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT I HAD FOUND.
AND TOGETHER US BEING IN THAT
SAME SPOT OF JUST WHAT ON EARTH,
THIS IS OUR CHILD, AND HE WAS RAISED IN THE CHURCH,
HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS LOVED?
AND HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW THAT
HE WAS PERFECT IN GOD'S IMAGE.
4 YEARS HAVE ALREADY PASSED SINCE THEN,
BUT ANGEL AND HER HUSBAND HAVE PROMISED
THEMSELVES THEY WOULD NEVER LIE
TO THEIR SON ABOUT HIS TRUE IDENTITY,
REGARDLESS OF THE SOCIAL PRESSURES
AND THE PRONOUNS THEIR SON PREFERS.
THE TRANS MOVEMENT,
A LOT OF TIMES THEY TELL YOU,
YOU NEED TO RESPECT MY PRONOUNS AND
YOU NEED TO CALL ME A CERTAIN WAY.
WHAT WAS THE DEMAND AND HOW DID YOU RESPOND
IF IT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE RESPONDING NOW?
I TOLD HIM IF HE WAS OKAY WITH NOT BEING A PRONOUN,
IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ME TO JUST CALL
HIM MY CHILD AND LOVE HIM AS MY CHILD
AS I ALWAYS HAVE.
WHEN WE GOT TO THAT DISCUSSION, HE AGREED
THAT HE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT A PRONOUN.
WHEN WE TRY TO EMBRACE THE CRAZINESS OF THE CULTURE
FOR THE SAKE OF JUST BEING LOVING,
THAT'S NOT LOVING AT ALL.
THE REAL LOVING THING IS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE TRUTH.
WE CAN GIVE THE TRUTH IN A LOVING WAY,
BUT TRUTH BY ITSELF IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING THAT WILL SET PEOPLE FREE.
MY PRAYERS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
SO WHEN ALL THIS FIRST STARTED, BOY,
I THOUGHT I HAD TO HELP GOD FIX THIS.
SO I WAS LIKE, GOD, YOU GOT TO DO THIS NOW.
YOU GOT TO DO THIS BEFORE THE DRUGS CAN HARM HIM.
YOU GOT TO DO IT NOW. DO IT NOW.
ONCE I SURRENDERED REALLY HANDING IT
OVER TO GOD IS THAT NOW MY PRAYERS HAVE CHANGED
TO THE SPACE WHERE I GO,
GOD JUST BRING HIM HOME TO YOU,
BRING HIM HOME TO THE FAMILY.
AND THAT'S HOW MY PRAYERS HAVE CHANGED.
GOD HAS ENTRUSTED CHILDREN TO OUR CARE,
AND IF WE ARE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN,
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER,
THEY'RE NOT REALLY OURS. THEY'RE THE LORD'S
IT’S ENCOURAGING TO SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A RECENT AWAKENING ON THE ISSUE OF
GENDER-THOUGH AS WE’LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT LATER
IN THE PROGRAM, IT WILL ONLY BE TEMPORARY
IF WE CHRISTIANS DON’T STAY VOCAL AND ACTIVE.
BUT LIKE SO MANY OTHER SOCIAL PATHOLOGIES,
THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT SPRINGS FROM A REJECTION
OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH, MAKING THE
INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGN AND MAKING GOD
A SILENT CHEERLEADER FOR OUR PERSONAL CHOICES,
IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AT ALL.
BUT THE BIBLE TELLS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY,
AS I RECENTLY SHARED WITH OUR CONGREGATION
HERE AT CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR SERMON SERIES ENTITLED
‘HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION”
AND THE FOUNDATION WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TODAY,
IS THE FOUNDATION OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
THE WHOLE GOAL OF THIS SERIES IS TO PURSUE
WHAT WE CALL A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
SIMPLY A LENS, A FRAMEWORK, BY WHICH WE
ARE ABLE TO VIEW ALL OF LIFE.
BUT A FRAMEWORK OR A LENS THAT IS GROUNDED
AND INFORMED BY THE INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD.
AS WE LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH,
WE NEED TO START WITH THE
DEFINITION OF AN ABSOLUTE.
I WANT TO SUGGEST THIS DEFINITION,
AN ABSOLUTE IS AN UNCHANGING
POINT OF REFERENCE OR STANDARD`
BY WHICH YOU GAUGE RIGHT OR WRONG.
SO THEREFORE,
IF THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AN ABSOLUTE,
ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS UNCHANGING TRUTH
REGARDLESS OF THE CULTURE,
UNCHANGING TRUTH REGARDLESS OF THE TIME AND HISTORY,
BUT AN UNCHANGING TRUTH
BY WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE
RIGHT FROM WRONG
IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE HERE TODAY
OR LISTENING AT HOME THAT
WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME AND EXPERIENCING
THE MOST RAPID CHANGE
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THINGS ARE MOVING AT SUCH A RAPID PACE.
IT LEAVES US TO WONDER,
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS TRUE TODAY,
WILL IT BE TRUE TOMORROW?
IS WHAT IS TRUE THIS MORNING,
WILL IT BE TRUE A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW?
OUR CULTURE SAYS THIS:
WHAT'S TRUE FOR YOU DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
TRUE FOR ME WE CAN COEXIST.
THE CULTURE LOVES THE WORD, “COEXIST.”
WE CAN COEXIST IN A WORLD
WHERE YOU DEFINE WHAT IS TRUE!
THAT WE CAN BELIEVE IN POLAR OPPOSITE TRUTHS
AND THEY CAN STILL BE TRUE,
BOTH BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME!
AFTER, ALL TRUTH IS RELATIVE, TRUTH IS SUBJECTIVE,
BUT JESUS SAYS, I BEG TO DIFFER.
HE SAID, MY WORD IS TRUTH.
AND HIS WORD IS UNCHANGING.
HE SAYS, IF YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD,
WHICH IS TRUE, THEN YOU ARE MY DISCIPLE
AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH.
AND THAT TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.
IN A CULTURE THAT SAYS ALL TRUTH IS RELATIVE,
THERE IS SUCH A THING AS ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHY JESUS IS ABLE TO SAY,
I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE HE'S
ABLE TO SAY, FATHER SANCTIFY THEM IN THE
TRUTH YOU SEE, THE BIBLE TEACHES
THAT ULTIMATE ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON YOU.
IT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE YOU LIKE IT.
IT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT.
IT IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM YOU.
AND WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US IS
THAT TRUTH DOES NOT CONFORM TO YOU,
BUT THAT YOU CONFORM TO THE TRUTH WHERE
THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID.
YOU MIGHT SAY I'VE HEARD OF THE LAW OF GRAVITY,
BUT WHEN IN AN AIRPLANE,
I AM GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR AND
JUST JUMP OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE WILL BE A PRICE TO BE PAID.
I COULD LOOK AT THAT WALL AND SAY, I KNOW IT'S A WALL,
BUT I'M GONNA RUN RIGHT THROUGH IT.
THERE WILL BE A PRICE TO BE PAID.
YOU SEE, NONE OF US ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE
THAT ALL TRUTH IS SIMPLY RELATIVE OR SUBJECTIVE
OR UP TO US TO DEFINE WHETHER IT IS TRUE OR NOT.
PEOPLE THAT ACT AS IF THERE IS NO GOD
ARE SIMPLY SUPPRESSING THE TRUTH OF GOD
IN THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
BECAUSE DEEP DOWN INSIDE THEY ARE JUST PLAYING A GAME
AS IF GOD DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER
YOU EVER, GONE THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR A RED LIGHT
NOBODY DOES THOSE ACTIONS FLPPANTLY
BUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKING YOURSELF
AM I GONNA GET CAUGHT? AM I GUILTY?
AM I GONNA BE FOUND OUT? WHY BECAUSE DEEP DOWN INSIDE
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN A GOD OR NOT YOU KNOW
THE NATURAL LAWS OF MAN, YOU KNOW THE NATURAL LAWS OF GOD
THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON EVERY MANS HEART
BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG
DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A TRUTH
WHAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH
THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST?
WELL, CHRISTIANS FOR 2000 YEARS HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS CLAIM.
AND THIS IS THE REALITY OF THAT CLAIM THAT IF
JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THEN HE MUST BE DIVINE.
AND IF THE DIVINE IS ABSOLUTE, THEN JESUS IS ABSOLUTE.
AND EVERYTHING THAT FLOWS FROM JESUS IS ABSOLUTE.
THIS IS WHY THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CARDINAL TRUTHS
AND CARDINAL TENANTS OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
YOU DENY THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST
AND CHRISTIANITY FALLS APART.
AND THIS WAS THE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH THAT JESUS IS ABSOLUTE.
THAT JESUS IS THE AUTHOR SOURCE, DETERMINER, ARBITER,
ULTIMATE STANDARD AND FINAL JUDGE OF ALL TRUTH.
AND SO WHATEVER FLOWS FROM JESUS IS ABSOLUTE.
THEREFORE, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO SAY THINGS
LIKE I AM A CHRISTIAN, BUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT.
BECAUSE WHAT FLOWS FROM THE MOUTH OF JESUS
IS TRUE BECAUSE HE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF TRUTH.
HE IS TRUTH INCARNATE BECAUSE HE AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.
NOW YOU MIGHT ALSO BE SITTING HERE
THIS MORNING AND SAY, WHAT'S,
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
I THINK WE CAN COEXIST IN A WORLD IN A CULTURE,
IN A SOCIETY WITHOUT ABSOLUTE TRUTHS. OH REALLY?
IF TWO PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE AN ULTIMATE STANDARD
OR AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH TO APPEAL TO
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO HAS THE MOST POWER.
IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL TYRANNY.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
JUST ASK THOSE THAT HAVE LIVED UNDER
THE ATHEISTIC COMMUNIST REGIMES OF THE
SOVIET UNION AND CHINA THAT HAS MURDERED OVER
A HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE IN THE LAST CENTURY.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DENY THE ABSOLUTE?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DENY ABSOLUTE TRUTH?
IT IS THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
IT IS TYRANNY TO HAVE A CULTURE IN A SOCIETY
THAT REJECTS THE ABSOLUTE,
THAT REJECTS THE EXISTENCE OF AN ABSOLUTE BEING
THAT REJECTS THE EXISTENCE OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TREMBLE FOR A SOCIETY
AND A CULTURE THAT EXISTS AS SUCH.
IT IS THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW ALONE
THAT DELIVERS TO HUMANITY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
WITHOUT ABSOLUTE TRUTHS, THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE MORALITY WITHOUT
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS, THERE IS NO ANSWER FOR JUSTICE.
THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE LOVE,
AND THERE CERTAINLY IS NO OBJECTIVE FORGIVENESS.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HUMANITY
HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
IS SIMPLY A VAIN PURSUIT WITHOUT ABSOLUTE TRUTH,
WITHOUT OBJECTIVES.
IT'S WHY MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS HAVE GIVEN
THEIR LIVES FOR THIS ABSOLUTE TRUTH,
TRUTH THAT IS ABSOLUTE OBJECTIVE AND ULTIMATE
BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THIS TRUTH THAT WILL SET YOU FREE.
LET'S PRAY.
OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, LORD, I PRAY
THAT THE ABSOLUTE UNCHANGING OBJECTIVE
TRUTH OF GOD WOULD BE THE VERY THING THAT
SET US FREE.
THAT LORD, WE WOULDN'T LOOK TO THE PHILOSOPHIES
AND THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD
TO FIND FREEDOM AND TO FIND HOPE.
THERE IS NO HOPE IN THE SUBJECTIVE THOUGHTS IN THE
RELATIVE TRUTHS THAT ARE DEVELOPED BY THIS WORLD,
BUT WE NEED AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH
THAT GIVES US A FIRM FOUNDATION AND A WORLD
THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING
AND A CULTURE THAT'S CONSTANTLY MOVING,
WE NEED SOMETHING THAT NEVER CHANGES.
WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS FOREVER STABLE AND STEADY.
IT IS JESUS CHRIST, THE ROCK.
MAY OUR LIVES BE GROUNDED BY THIS ROCK,
THE ONLY FIRM FOUNDATION, AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH,
A STANDARD OF TRUTH. THAT WILL BE FOREVER,
THAT WE CAN BANK OUR LIVES ON
AND SET US FREE FOREVER.
WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
AMEN.
HELLO, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
AS DR. ROB PACIENZA JUST SHARED,
ABSOLUTE TRUTH EXISTS,
AND THAT TRUTH BEGINS WITH JESUS CHRIST,
THE CREATOR AND JUDGE AND REDEEMER OF OUR WORLD.
IN A DAY WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT “YOUR TRUTH”
AND “MY TRUTH,” BUT NOT “THE TRUTH,”
IT’S NO WONDER THAT OUR WORLD IS SO CONFUSED.
WHAT STARTED YEARS AGO WITH
PHILOSOPHERS AND ACADEMICS CLAIMING THAT
“ALL TRUTH IS RELATIVE” HAS RESULTED IN DOUBTS
TODAY ABOUT WHAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MALE AND FEMALE ARE.
THAT’S WHY WE AND OUR CHILDREN
NEED TO BUILD OUR WORLDVIEW UPON
THE TRUE FOUNDATION, AND DR. PACIENZA WILL HELP YOU DO THAT
IN HIS BOOK, HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION,
WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU
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IN A TIME OF GREAT CONFUSION, FILLED WITH
THE LIES OF THE SECULAR CULTURE
AND TURMOIL, WE ALL NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THIS
SURE FOUNDATION-THE ROCK-SOLID TRUTH
OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
IN THIS BOOK,
DR. PACIENZA ELABORATES ON THE FOUNDATIONAL
TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO HELP YOU,
AS WELL AS YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND ANYONE YOU SHARE IT WITH,
BUILD LIFE ON THE ONE THING THAT IS IMMOVABLE
THE INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD.
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THE PROBLEM OF SIN AND ITS SOLUTION,
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PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ENTITLED,
“KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS.”
THE ORDER DEFINES MALE AND FEMALE
ACCORDING TO BIOLOGY RATHER THAN
SUBJECTIVE GENDER IDENTITY,
AND BANS MALES FROM FEMALE SPORTS EVERYWHERE
THAT FEDERAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS GO,
INCLUDING THE NCAA AND THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM.
SURVEYS SHOWED THAT THIS WAS ONE OF
THE KEY ELECTION ISSUES IN 2024.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN MADE AN AD THAT CALLED OUT
KAMALA HARRIS’S SUPPORT FOR TAXPAYER-FUNDED
GENDER TRANSITION SURGERIES FOR PRISON INMATES.
ONE OF HARRIS’S OWN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
DID AN ANALYSIS THAT SHOWED THAT THIS
SPECIFIC AD SWUNG MORE VOTERS
THAN ANY OTHER AD OF THE CAMPAIGN.
AMERICAN VOTERS HAD SIMPLY HAD ENOUGH,
AND THE SPECTACLE OF MALE ATHLETES IDENTIFYING AS FEMALE
AND DOMINATING FEMALE SPORTS
WAS THE FINAL STRAW FOR MANY,
WHO WERE FED UP WITH A CULTURE THAT HAD GONE INSANE
AND COULD NO LONGER TELL MALE FROM FEMALE.
ALL OF THIS IS GOOD NEWS, AND A GREAT STEP TOWARDS
REGAINING SOME SEMBLANCE OF NATIONAL SANITY.
BUT IT’S ALSO JUST A TEMPORARY VICTORY,
AND WE CHRISTIANS NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND VOCAL.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
WHILE OUR CULTURE FOR THE MOMENT
IS REJECTING SOME OF THE WORST EXCESSES OF THE TRANS MOVEMENT,
OUR CULTURE HAS ALMOST ENTIRELY BOUGHT ITS UNDERLYING LOGIC
THAT DESIRE HAS PRIORITY OVER BIOLOGY.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF AMERICANS
OPPOSED SAME-SEX SO-CALLED MARRIAGE.
TODAY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE,
AND IT’S BEEN DECLARED A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT BY THE SUPREME COURT.
OPPOSITION BECAME SUPPORT VIRTUALLY OVERNIGHT.
ONCE YOU’VE BOUGHT THE CULTURAL LOGIC THAT
OUR DESIRES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BIOLOGY
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CULTURE HAS
DONE EXACTLY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE
IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
THE CULTURE ALSO DECIDES THAT FEELINGS AND DESIRES
ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CRITERIA IN WHAT SEX OR GENDER YOU ARE.
WE CAN BE THANKFUL FOR THIS RECENT VICTORY,
BUT WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT.
THE ONLY FIRM FOUNDATION FOR THE GENDER VIEW
THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS VOTED FOR IN 2024
IS THE CREATION DESIGN OF GOD.
MALES ARE MALE AND FEMALES ARE FEMALE
BECAUSE GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS THAT WAY,
WITH A SPECIFIC DESIGN AND PURPOSE
AND WE DON’T GET TO REDEFINE THAT FOR OURSELVES.
OUR CULTURE DISMISSED GOD’S DESIGN FOR MARRIAGE
AND MADE UP ITS OWN DEFINITION,
TOSSING ASIDE BIOLOGY, TRADITION,
AND FRUITFULNESS, ALMOST OVERNIGHT.
THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN WITH GENDER IF WE
PIN OUR HOPES ON COMMON SENSE WINNING THE DAY.
UNLESS WE PLANT OUR FLAG IN ABSOLUTE TRUTH,
EVERYTHING WILL BE UP FOR GRABS.
MALE AND FEMALE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FEELINGS.
THEY ARE REALITIES CREATED BY GOD ALMIGHTY,
WHO IS THE ABSOLUTE,
UNCHANGING STANDARD OF ALL TRUTH.
“SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.”
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AND PROCLAIMING HOPE TO THE NATION.
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THE CHRISTIANS ALLOWED THE WORLD TO TALK THEM
OUT OF THEIR CONFIDENCE IN SCRIPTURE.
BUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IS CHRISTIANS
ARE RECLAIMING THEIR HERITAGE.”
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
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