{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.16 / What's your standard for truth? Socrates vs. the sophists","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3010,"description":"What's your standard for truth? Ricky Bobby's was one line from his dad: \"If you ain't first, you're last.\" He built his whole life on it. Years later his dad admitted it never made any sense.\nMost of us are living by ideas like that. We just don't know where they came from, or whether they've ever produced good fruit.\nThe sophists of ancient Athens trained people in the art of persuasion. What mattered wasn't what was true. It was what you could convince people was true. Socrates wanted what was actually true, and Athens sentenced him to death. Today, the modern-day sophist is an Instagram influencer.\nMy co-host Nick Surface and I ask a question most people never slow down long enough to answer: what's your standard for truth? And how well do you actually know it?\nWhat's your standard for truth?\nFor a lot of people it's their own experience, but perception isn't always accurate. For Nick and me it's God's word. You can't claim the Bible as your standard and stay ignorant of what it says. The Bereans checked what Paul taught against the Scriptures (Acts 17:11).\nWhy do we believe what we want to hear?\nYour brain is not wired to tell you what's true. It's wired to reinforce what you believe. Jesus gave a better test: you'll know them by their fruit (Matthew 7:16).\nWhy does truth survive questions?\nTruth always stands up to questions. Subjective beliefs don't. Philosophy is φιλοσοφία (philosophía), the love of wisdom, and Socrates said that when his beliefs were shown to be false, he was the one who was served.\nScriptures\nJohn 3:16-19 · John 18:37 · Matthew 7:16 · Acts 17:11 · 1 Corinthians 11:1 · Hebrews 13:17 · Luke 12:48\nThinkers\nSocrates: no one does wrong willingly\nC.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: wickedness is the pursuit of some good in the wrong way\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:52 Strike Force and the Power Team era\n2:29 Should church try to draw a crowd?\n3:36 Nobody thinks they're the bad guy\n4:38 If the church isn't culturally relevant, who is?...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}