This was the statement I heard from a pastor on Easter Sunday. Most people where I live would roll their eyes at such a statement, some even with a genuine sense of disdain as their cruise control associations to Christianity, and perhaps religion in general, effortlessly kicks in.

It's amazing how that statement instantly raises walls. People think of wars, persecution, hypocrisy, forced dogma, abuse, George Bush, YouTube clips of Jeremiah Wright, the list goes on. It isn't difficult to understand why. I know Christians who feel like they need to apologize on behalf of all Christians before revealing any of their personal beliefs... an oppression in and of itself if you think about it.  

Hearing "Jesus is the one" on this day was not the alter-call scenario you might imagine. It was instead coming from a real posture of humility. From a man who was saying "because I choose to be a Christ follower, that's really all I've got for you." Loving God and loving others is what it's about. Now you go get it for yourself.

He spoke about how he has only been able to hang on to about 20% of what he considered to be non-negotiable truth several years ago. His point was to say that there are times in each of our lives when whatever we might concede as a fact actually becomes a truth for us.  

Truth, whatever it may be for us, hopefully transcends beyond a compilation of facts we have somehow ordered to reach a conclusion. And those who may choose to believe in something without the evidence of things seen (faith), will still eventually need honest points of validation or adjustment based on their own experience.