Hour 2: Live Your Truth

Jul 9, 2025

In this enlightening discussion, Alisa Childers, a former CCM artist turned author and speaker, dives into the pitfalls of progressive Christianity. She critiques slogans like 'follow your heart' that lead to anxiety and self-absorption. Alisa emphasizes the importance of objective truth over personal interpretation, urging a return to biblical foundations. She also explores authenticity versus self-centeredness, advocating for holiness as true Christian identity. The conversation challenges listeners to find real contentment through God's truth amid a chaotic world.

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Live Your Truth Is a Lie in a Post-Truth World

Alisa Childers exposes the cultural lie that "truth is relative" and that "living your truth" is commendable. She explains that truth is objective, unchanging, and rooted in reality—not subject to personal feelings or opinions.

Childers highlights the danger of postmodern philosophy which claims "what's true for you is true for you," leading to moral chaos when conflicting truths collide. Christianity stands against this by affirming universal truths revealed in Scripture that are true for all people and times.

She contrasts biblical authenticity—which means pursuing holiness and transformation in Christ—with the cultural notion of authenticity focused on self-expression based on desires. This lie fosters anxiety, exhaustion, and self-absorption, while biblical truth guards the heart and grounds our identity.

"Read your Bible" is the antidote to cultural confusion.

> "If you are living these lies, guess what? You're going to be anxious, you're going to be exhausted, and you're going to end up being very self-absorbed." – Alisa Childers

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Objective Truth vs Relativism

Truth is what corresponds to reality and is objective and unchanging.
Cultural relativism treats truth as personal, which conflicts with Christianity's absolute truth claims.

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Postmodernism Undermines Truth

Postmodernism introduced doubt about knowing objective truth, equating truth claims with power grabs.
Culture wrongly assumes humans are inherently good, making desires a true identity marker.

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