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Why do so many today believe that they can create and live in their own reality. And why do they feel the need to impose that self-chosen reality on others and even on society at large.

Welcome back to issues, et cetera.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about the source for truth,

Pastor Christopher Eske,

he senior pastor at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia,

fifth Vice President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Senate.

His author of the book Disordered Lies About Human Nature and the Truth that sets us free in a recent column for the

Lutheran Witness magazine titled The Ground of All Truth.

Pastor Eskeit welcome back.

It's great to be with you Todd.

How has the definition of the word truth changed in the last several decades?

Well, it has stopped being about an objective reality that can be known, identified, stated, and it has

become something that resides only within the individual, particularly in how

the individual feels.

So no longer do we speak about the truth with a capital T,

but people speak about my truth or your truth.

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