A few years ago, a friend once argued I could not believe in truth because truth is inflexible. This\nmight be true if we think of truth as a set of immutable rules, but what if truth is found in the\nperson of Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Colossians 1:15-17 (ESV), we read of Christ:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities\u2014all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All things were created through Christ and for Him, and in Him, all things hold together.\n\nWhen I think of famous U.S. Holidays, I think of holidays that remind us of thankfulness, love, generosity, and freedom. These are powerful holidays, in my opinion, because they reflect the person of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This isn\u2019t saying that Christ is just a vague positive feeling (see the idea of MTD, Moral Therapeutic Deism), but that we can see the outline of Christ in what is truly good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflect: Why is this important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Byron describes how sheep and wolves have similar biology and similar contexts, and yet their \u201cgood\u201d comes at the price of the other. A sheep\u2019s good is to eat, live, reproduce, and avoid wolves. A wolf\u2019s good includes eating to survive, which means eating meat. In the human realm, it might be the intersection of people fleeing their countries for safety but running into another country which wants\nto control the flow of new people coming in for both order and safety. Both have valid concerns but both come at a price to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflect:<\/strong> Francis Schaeffer, theologian and philosopher, once coined the term \u201cco-belligerents\u201d, this idea of people fighting against a common enemy, even if they have different beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflect:<\/strong> Author and therapist Dan Wile once wrote that in finding a long-term partner, you will be choosing a set of unsolvable problems, times where you disagree with others on fundamental levels. This applies to both marriage and church communities. This could be around church governance, church discipline, what\u2019s included in a service, or many other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflect:<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u5e7e\u5e74\u524d\uff0c\u4e00\u4f4d\u670b\u53cb\u66fe\u8207\u6211\u722d\u8ad6\uff0c\u8a8d\u70ba\u6211\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u76f8\u4fe1\u300c\u771f\u7406\u300d\uff0c\u56e0\u70ba\u771f\u7406\u662f\u50f5\u5316\u800c\u6c92\u6709\u5f48\u6027\u7684\u3002\u5982…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":19242,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"issue":[291],"section":[276],"class_list":["post-19240","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","issue-issue-81","section-project-arctos_articles"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"issue":[{"value":291,"label":"81\u671f"}],"section":[{"value":276,"label":"\u795e\u570b\u82f1\u6587 Project Arctos"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/e-krc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FE5281AA-AC38-43C4-8F7F-9FEF508FE4DF-1024x765.png",1024,765,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Project Arctos Team","author_link":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/author\/project-arctos\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/19240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=19240"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-krc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=19240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Do you think these opposing goods can be true of people in other ways (both in extreme and less extreme ways)?
Can we have completely opposing ideas of what is good?
Can Christians have completely opposing ideas of what is good? If so, can we see the form of Christ behind those ideas?
How do we lift up Christ and \u201clet Him do the drawing\u201d in these contexts and situations?<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-Belligerents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Are there ways we can see the person of Christ where we have overlapping concerns in different ethical\/moral battles and not only join with others but also help people see Christ first?<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnsolvable Problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How does seeing the person of Christ, the form of Christ in all these things, lead us in these situations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n