uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice is driven back,
    and righteousness stands at a distance;
truth has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain

In this ‘post-truth’ environment we often hear people speak about my truth. ‘So long as it’s true for me, you have to respect it.’ That seems to be the prevailing orthodoxy, and woe betide anyone who dares to challenge it.

But objective truth is still objective truth, and a lie is a lie even when smartly dressed in the garb of truth. The Bible remains the litmus test for all truth claims.

It is tragic when we in the church speak ”lies our hearts have conceived”, making out that the Bible says what it doesn’t; damning souls to Hell in the wake of our infidelity.

May God have mercy on us!