{"id":2128,"date":"2011-11-14T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T14:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2011-11-14T11:02:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:02:57","slug":"the-lie-about-the-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-lie-about-the-resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lie about the Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Have you ever felt like finding the truth is difficult?<\/strong>\u00a0Think of the things that happen in our world.\u00a0Whether it\u2019s gossip in study hall at school, accusations of political candidates, or questions about who knew what and who did what in the latest scandal truth can sometimes be as slippery as an eel.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, I came upon this quote:\u00a0<em>\u201cTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Who do you suppose said that? Let me give you some options: Fox News host, Bill O\u2019Reilly? CNN host, Anderson Cooper? ESPN analyst John Clayton?<\/p>\n<p>Read it again:\u00a0<em>\u201cTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The man who said that is Blaise Pascal. He wrote that about 350 years ago. The reality that truth is hard to find is nothing new; the vulnerability of truth was first experienced by humankind in the Garden of Eden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This podcast has to do with truth.<\/strong>\u00a0Truth about Jesus. Truth about his resurrection. Truth about your life. Truth about your forgiveness. 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