What a world this would be without lying: imagine people telling the truth, all the time. Pretense, posturing, and deception would be gone; all fraud, cheating and manipulation would disappear.

Politicians would tell you what they believe rather that what they think you want to hear in order to get your vote. Governments would not pursue policies of violence in the name of national security and cover murder with lies. Corporations would honor their contracts instead of stealing pension funds. Job applicants would not pad their resumes or lie about their credentials.

Pastors would focus on honest exposition rather than cleverness. Bible scholars would be faithful to the Scriptures: all sects and cults would evaporate. Doctrinal divisions would dissolve into a harmony of truth. Men would make marriage vows and keep them; women would not rely on manipulation to exert control.

A world without lying would be a world of honesty, faithfulness and integrity. In such a world, men and women would finally become who they were intended to be: beings who speak the truth as God their Creator speaks the truth. It pertains to the glory of God that he does not lie; in fact, because telling the truth is inherent in his character, it is impossible for God to lie.

We desire to know this God of Truth, to become like more him by grace in the fellowship of those who share a similar goal. A world without lying will be a perfect world, one that we are eager to see established through the grace of God, the blood of Christ and the sanctification of the Holy Spirit.

    

Schedule

Friday, October 31, 2008
6:00 p.m.   Registration
7:00 p.m.   Albert Mohler, "What Is Truth?"

Saturday, Noveber 1, 2008
8:30 a.m.   Late Registration
9:00 a.m.   Donald Carson, "Your Word Is Truth"
10:00 a.m.   Albert Mohler, "I Am the Truth"
11:00 a.m.   Questions and Answers
12:00 noon   Lunch
1:30 p.m.   Seminars
Donald Carson, "On Being a Perspectivalist Who Speaks the Truth"
Diane Langberg, "Deceitful Hearts and God's Call to Truth in Relationships"
Albert Mohler, "Engaging a Culture of Deceit with Gospel Truth"
3:00 p.m.   Sacred Concert
3:30 p.m.   Donald Carson, "Know the Truth"

    

Speaker Biographies

Dr. Donald Carson is an Alliance Council member and research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL where he has taught since 1978. Dr. Carson received his B.Sc. in chemistry from McGill University, a M.Div. from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and his Ph.D. in New Testament from Cambridge University. Carson has written or edited over 45 books, including How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil; A Call to Spiritual Reformation; and The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism.

Dr. Diane Langberg is a practicing psychologist whose clinical expertise includes 35 years working with trauma survivors and clergy.  She is the director of Diane Langberg, Ph.D. & Associates in suburban Philadelphia, PA which is staffed by Christian psychologists, social workers, and counselors.  Dr. Langberg is a faculty member of Westminster Theological Seminary and the author of On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Counsel for Pastors' Wives, and Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse.  She is also a columnist for Christian Counseling Today and contributes to many other publications.

Dr. Albert Mohler is an Alliance Council member and serves as the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world. He also serves as the Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology. In addition to his presidential duties, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily radio program for the Salem Radio Network, and also writes a popular daily commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues.