Are there certain phrases that just make your skin crawl? For me, it’s when someone says, “I’m speaking my truth.” Or when people encourage others to “live your truth.”
UGGGGHHHH!
I know they often mean well. I know it’s usually an attempt to be gracious, non-confrontational, or inclusive. But still…
Let’s get real! Let’s take a big giant dose of what’s known as Reality!
The term — my truth — is misleading at best and intellectually dangerous at worst.
There is no such thing as my truth or your truth. There’s just the truth.
Truth isn’t personal property. It’s not subjective. And it certainly isn’t relative. You don’t get to have “your truth” and I have “my truth” as if we’re talking about favorite ice cream flavors. That’s not how reality works.
Truth is what corresponds to reality. It’s what actually is. And Christians believe, ultimately, that truth is grounded in the nature and character of God. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6, KJV).
In today’s culture, where postmodernism has infected our schools, our media, and even some of our churches, it’s become fashionable to downplay objective truth. People don’t want to be told they’re wrong — and so they retreat into phrases like “my truth.” It sounds nice. It sounds tolerant. But it’s not helpful. In fact, it’s harmful.
Here’s the thing: everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own truth.
To be clear, I’m not calling for government-imposed orthodoxy. I’m not out to take away people’s freedom of thought or conscience. This article isn’t about public policy. It’s about logical reality, emotional intelligence, and spiritual maturity.
People have their own opinions and perspectives, but they don’t have their own truth. Yet, that’s the delusion many people live under today.
When Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth?” (John 18:38), he echoed the confusion of our own age. Truth seemed elusive to him, as it does to many today. But truth is not some abstract fog we stumble through. It’s not a feeling. It’s not a mood. It’s not a personal preference. Truth is objective.
If two people disagree on a matter of fact — say, whether or not Jesus rose from the dead — they both can’t be right. The resurrection either happened or it didn’t. Period.
When it comes to conflicting truth claims, one person may be right and one may be wrong, but both can’t be “living their truth.”
And don’t even get me started on how this affects biblical interpretation. When people read the Bible and say, “Well, my truth is that this verse means such-and-such to me,” we’re not doing serious Bible study anymore. We’re doing theological improv. That’s not how we approach God’s Word.
We must care about what God meant — not what we wish He meant. As Paul told Timothy, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV).
Truth is found in Scripture. And it is personified in Jesus Christ.
So let’s stop talking about “my truth” and start living according to the truth.
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