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The time in which we live is sometimes referred to as “The Information Age”. Our quest for information, and the open accessibility of it, confirms this label. However, despite our opportunity to obtain all the information to make a fully educated decision, many choose sources that confirm only what they already believe or know.

As Christians, we know that society rejects any answer to a problem, question, or situation that contains “Godly wisdom”; the truths that have been revealed and given by God. When it comes to moral, ethical and, assuredly, human issues, Christians know both sides of the question. We know missing pieces of of the answr that society fails to discrn because the source, God, is ignored or rejected.

Yet, Christians are not off the hook. Further knowledge of issues and potential remedies are sometimes rejected out of hand simply because the source is not the Bible or the Church. In trying to answer the questions of the human condition in effective ways that penetrate to the heart of modern life, Christians sometimes fail to listen to the specifics of the problem. Thus, they are “out of position” to give the truth they know in a what that is particularly relevant to that time and place.

Having the right answers is insignificant if those answers are not properly addressed to the situations that people are in; and relevant to where they are. And it results in a an effect on society that is similar to not having the full set of information upon which to make a decision.