We're living in an era in the history of the world, where we have witnessed an unprecedented denigration of the very concept of truth,

where truth is reduced to the level and to the status of a personal preference,

that truth may be bent and distorted and twisted to suit our own desires.

When truth is distorted in a society, what are the consequences? What happens when God's

covenant people have teaching and have doctrine,

but it's false? That's what we'll consider today as we hear the warning, in fact the indictment

from the Old Testament prophets to Israel. This is the Wednesday edition of renewing your mind.

I'm Nathan W. Bingham. I remember as a young man being in a courtroom and hearing

someone testify to something that I knew was blatantly false. I was shocked and I couldn't restrain

myself and I yelled out something to the effect of, that's a lie. I was asked to be silent and

the proceedings continued, but we should esteem truth to the point that to hear a lie is a shocking thing.

That was in the world. How much more should we esteem truth among the people of God?

Well, here's R.C. Sprold to continue his series on Truth.

Many years ago, I worked on the staff of a large church in Ohio, and I was the minister of theology and evangelism in that congregation.

And back in 1971, when I left that congregation to start Ligonier Ministries, the folks of that church gave Vesta

and me a very lovely farewell dinner, and they presented us with a gift. And the gift was a

parchment that had been reproduced in beautiful style and framed in glass,

and on this parchment was part of the text of Psalm 15 in Latin.

And we deeply appreciated that gift, and that plaque has since hung in our living room

for all of these years that have transpired. And the words of Psalm 15 begin, really, with a question.

The version I'm reading now goes like this,

Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle and who may dwell in your holy hill?

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