Bible Truth

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For Christians, the Bible is the ultimate standard by which truth, worldview, right, and wrong are determined. The idea that biblical truth can be communicated, and for some, better understood in a work of fiction may seems ludicrous, but even the Bible recognizes this as a fact. Throughout the God’s Word parables and other stories are used to convict people and communicate principles.
By having a different perspective, often achieve through a story, it can become easier to determine right from wrong. In this way a story can be used to help people recognize wrong that they are trying to hide, justify, or ignore. Nathan does this in 2 Samuel 12:1-4 with the story of the rich man and the poor man, convicting King David of his sin with Bathsheba.

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