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"The truth will set you free" (John 8:32).
Etched in stone above the main entrance of the Administration-Library Building at the University of Texas in Austin are the words, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The same words were carved in stone on the original headquarters building of the Central Intelligence Agency. The phrase in various forms has been used as the motto of a multitude of universities, colleges, and schools worldwide.
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The words are also inscribed on the coat of arms of the Dominican Republic. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted them in his famous “The Other America” speech. Jim Carrey shouted them at the end of his movie Liar, Liar.
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“The truth will set you free.”
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Over the last few months, we have been looking at the most misquoted, misused, and misapplied verses of the Bible. The words of John 8:32 could easily top that list.
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Join Pastor Schroer's interactive online study this Sunday!
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Pastor Andy Schroer is hosting a live online Bible study this Sunday, Aug. 17, at 4 p.m. (Central). The one-time event will be based on his series in Forward in Christ about Bible passages that are often misquoted, misused, and misapplied. Watch Pastor Schroer's video invitation to learn more about what he plans to tackle during this interactive study.
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Consider two people impressively accomplished—highly educated, successful by every measure, influential locally and culturally. Both are the type whom parents point out as role models for their kids. Yet dig deeper beneath the impressive . . .
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Teeter-totters. I hate them. I love them. I always have. I am first thinking of “real” teeter-totters. The teeter-totters of my childhood. Don’t imagine the sissy seesaws that playgrounds sport today. Think of teeter-totters that are so long they lift a totterer high . . .
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New pope, same story On May 8, 2025, the Roman Catholic Church elected a new pope, and Cardinal Robert Prevost became Leo XIV. He is the first US pope, having grown up in a working-class neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He is now the head of the . . .
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