Telling the Truth

Family North Carolina Magazine—July/August 2009

By Bill Brooks

You may have seen the ad for The Truth Project on the inside cover of this issue of Family North Carolina. The North Carolina Family Policy Council is pleased to be partnering with Focus on the Family and The Truth Project to bring leader training to North Carolina on a regular basis.

You may have seen ads elsewhere or heard people talking about The Truth Project, but may not know what this project is. If you have never heard of The Truth Project, then you should know this is the brainchild of Del Tackett and other leaders at Focus on the Family. As Del tells it, a colleague heard him teaching a Christian worldview class one day at Focus on the Family Institute and told him that the information needed to get out to a wider audience. Thus, The Truth Project was conceived.

The four-hour leader training that is offered by our staff will prepare you to lead a small group through The Truth Project video series, even if you have never led a group before. The series consists of 12 sessions, in which a video is shown and a discussion about the video is held. If that seems too easy, then all the more reason for you to sign up to take The Truth Project leader training.

But wait, you may be asking why should I do this? Here is the simple answer: our society is entering a phase of radical transformation of that affects its political, economic and legal systems. All of these changes are coming because of a changing set of moral values in our country. These values are determined, to a large extent, by the knowledge and understanding of people. The Truth Project presents a systematic way of looking at the world and our place in it. More importantly, The Truth Project is designed not just to impart information, but to provide a framework around which we can begin to see God’s design for mankind.

If we have a solid point of reference, then we are able to understand what is happening all around us in the many facets of our lives. When we see what God is doing, then it is much easier for us to align ourselves with those purposes and enter into a relationship that is truly life changing. When our lives are transformed, then we want to participate with God in what he is doing in the world. Our own plans pale in comparison and become insignificant. The desire of the team behind The Truth Project—and our desire at the Family Policy Council—is that this curriculum will produce transformed lives as people’s minds are renewed.

One of the best weeks of my life occurred during my junior year of college when I took a week to attend a similar sort of seminar. Christian worldview was not a buzzword back then, but this event was the first time in my life that I was presented the panorama of God’s plan for mankind. I began to realize that life made sense, even if I didn’t understand much of it.

The Truth Project is designed to take you, and each participant, into a world of thought provoking questions and exciting discussions that can transform your life. I encourage you to sign up to take one of the leader training classes. The cost is only $99 and it is the only quick way to obtain The Truth Project video series. The other way is to complete a 12-week class and then purchase the set for $99.

Check the ad again on the inside cover, then go to our website at ncfamily.org for the latest list of classes and registration information. September will be here before you know it, and many of you will want to start a small group then. Even if you’re not sure, or don’t have a class put together yet, come for the training and you will learn everything you need to know to start a small group.

If you know that you cannot lead a small group, but would like to participate in The Truth Project series, then find a leader and send them to the training. I also encourage you to make sure that at least one person from your church is trained to lead The Truth Project.
Should you participate in The Truth Project? Lives are depending on it.

Bill Brooks is president and executive director of the North Carolina Family Policy Council.

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