What is Focus on the Family's The Truth Project?
In a recent study, the Barna Research Group revealed a stunning statistic that continues to reverberate throughout the Christian community. Only 9 percent of professing Christians have a biblical worldview.
Because of this, today’s believers live very similarly to non-believers. A personal sense of significance is rarely experienced, we spend our money and time on things that fail to satisfy and we begin to wonder what life’s ultimate purpose really is. We are, in short, losing our bearings as a people and a nation.
To counter this slide within the body of Christ, we are launching one of the most ambitious and powerful projects in the history of our ministry – Focus on the Family’s The Truth Project.
The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum comprised of 13 one-hour lessons called “tours” taught by Dr. Del Tackett. This home study is the starting point for looking at life from a biblical perspective. Each tour discusses in great detail the relevance and importance of living the Christian worldview in daily life.
We believe this one project represents the possibility for exponential change within the body of Christ, as we expect that thousands will be transformed by this curriculum. As it has been throughout history, God continues to call ordinary people to make an eternal difference in our world.
“The Truth Project” tours are designed to impart truth and reintroduce believers to the context of Christianity in all its purity and power. On this project and in his teaching, Del covers three main truths that many Christians miss:
- Living from a Christian worldview means that what you do aligns with what is true, and the Scriptures are the ultimate authority on Truth.
- God’s Truth lays a design for every area of life. Whether for economics, history, politics, family or church, God has given us a design, governed by His nature and Truth, that we are to follow. When we follow His design, we can discern what is good and right and holy. When we don’t, suffering and immorality result.
- The process of transformation occurs through the renewing of our mind, and in that process we learn to discern between good and evil. As Romans 12:2 tells us, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
“When people awaken to the reality of who God is, they come to understand that God has spoken into every area of life,” Del says. “They also see how they have mixed Truth with the world’s the lies. “As a result, Christians develop discernment to live life without mixture.”
With this education, people gain confidence that there are answers to all the important life questions. “They may not know all the answers, but they understand that God, as our Father, has not simply dropped us off on earth; He’s given us the answers.”
As more Christians realize the importance of living by a biblical worldview, Del believes Christians will have the opportunity to make a difference in the most important place of all — the hearts and minds of the people they care about.
Follow the link below to see some video clips that show previews about the material. Click on the scroll at the top of the page for a preview of the first tour or lesson. If you want to see more previews, move your cursor over the symbols, and in the lower left corner you will see the names of each lesson. Click on any lesson you want to preview. (Please be patient – it may take a few seconds/or a couple minutes for each preview to load, depending on the capabilities of your computer and the speed of your connection.) *
Click here for the Interactive Lesson Guide (The Truth Project Website)
*Please do not feel overwhelmed by the fast pace of the “video overview” previews. In them, the speaker asks in rapid succession many deep questions that society is faced with. These questions are all discussed in detail throughout the study. Also, please note that some of the previews bring up secular views in order to contrast them in the detailed study. (The “video excerpt” previews are more representative of the actual study format – slower paced, yet still very thought provoking and discussion oriented.)
We hope you’ll find the previews of this study as fascinating as we have!! You may also want to visit and explore the official Truth Project website at http://thetruthproject.org.