Seeking the truth.

 

 

Then you will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

John 8:32

 

 

 

You may ask why I chose to title this blog "Truth Investigator". First I would say my first few options were taken already and I was running out of ideas. I wanted to use the passage above as a guide and maybe title the blog "seeking the truth" or something similar, but all URLs were used. So, I had to settle on something similar, yet different. Then I looked at the definition of "investigation. look what I found...

 

 

  Investigation:

 

A systematic or formal inquiry or examination of the facts to establish the truth.

 

 

Notice that part in bold text. "to establish the truth". That is my goal for this blog. I will be examining the facts, the texts, the evidences for what I believe, especially that which partains to my religious beliefs. This blog will be for my religious "musings" as a friend put it. This will be my place to present the evidence I have to support my understandings, and to hopefully discuss that evidence with you all, my readers, in an ongoing pursuit of the truth.

 

But what truth, Josh? well, mostly I would like to discuss the truth of the Gospel...that which is related to Jesus, and what I believe is the pathway to eternal salvation thru following Christs example. I will be making arguments for what I understand to be doctrine and what I believe is tradition, and I might even go into why I believe some have accepted tradition AS doctrine. I also will have other posts thruout this ongoing investigation of the gospel truth that deal with how I understand that we should conduct ourselves...in relationship with this world, our relationship with each other...even with those we do not agree with. I believe that it is very clear that the two greatest commandments are to love God and to love our neighbor, and so I believe we are to conduct ourselves in a manner becoming of love...but more on that later...

 

I will begin this blog by giving you a short break down of where I am coming from religiously. How I was raised, how I have reacted to lifes twists and turns, and how I have now come to regard my christianity as the single most important aspect of my life. I hope you all enjoy this blog. I hope we can discuss things together in a loving manner so that we can grow in truth and come together as citizens of the Kingdom of God. I pray that you feel comfortable commenting on my posts, even if you think I might not agree with you....that is how, I believe, we grow to find the truth. Thank you for reading, and may God bless you all.