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Why the Truth is Hidden: How to See Truth and Recognize the Enemy
One must understand what truth is, and accept the truth, before one can recognize the lies, and the liar. A misinformed and misguided church is vulnerable to those who seek to keep her members blinded from truth, discouraged from seeking answers, and distracted from asking the right questions. The prayer is readers will receive wisdom, and consequently neither self-righteous pride nor selfish desires will blind their eyes from seeing truth (Eph. 1:17, James 4). The faithful in Christ must share wisdom with humility and love if believing Christ is the Truth and the primary source of truth. If the truth is not shared in balance with the love of Christ perhaps the instructor is misled. However, the instructor may just be misjudged for growing impatient with a faithless generation. However, even in this Christ can relate when stating, “Oh faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you” (Matt. 17: 17 KJV)? Where Christ frequently seemed frustrated with the proudful, like the self-righteous Pharisees or Sadducees, His loving attitude towards the children is clear. Therefore, the prayer is also for readers to better share the truth with their children, and to remember the child like faith they had before exiting university or seminary. One must have reverence for God when remembering the one who hinders others from seeing the truth is an enemy of truth.
94 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 12, 2021
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August 17, 2021
Luke 8:9 - And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’"
That is why the truth is hidden. Leonard Brunk knows this, and spends eight chapters unpacking the lessons he has gathered from the New Testament during his time at seminary. He knows how they apply to modern life, and furthermore, he knows that the Enemy is working against him. "Why the Truth is Hidden" is very academic, clearly written by a smart apologist for other apologists, and indicates just how incredibly well informed Brunk is about his subject. This is not a book that seeks to persuade non-Christians, it provides motivation for Christian leaders to get the truth out there while they still can.
I think the conclusion could have been put up front. Perhaps the most important sentence in this book is the last one - "Search the sources provided and come to your own conclusions. Is fine to disagree with some points shared in this text. The hope is readers feel compelled to do their own research, discover truth, and share with others, while there is still freedom to do so." His appendix, making a critical evaluation of one of Bart Ehrman's books, provides possibly his clearest statement on what is the truth - "Throughout history the Bible withstands every attack, and this will not change, as the truth continues to spread." He brings in discoveries in astrophysics and archeology, even speculation about extra dimensions, and he shows how it fits together. I think the book might be more accessible to non-scholars if the truth were defined up front, but none can deny that Leonard knows his stuff. I am proud to call him my friend.
That is why the truth is hidden. Leonard Brunk knows this, and spends eight chapters unpacking the lessons he has gathered from the New Testament during his time at seminary. He knows how they apply to modern life, and furthermore, he knows that the Enemy is working against him. "Why the Truth is Hidden" is very academic, clearly written by a smart apologist for other apologists, and indicates just how incredibly well informed Brunk is about his subject. This is not a book that seeks to persuade non-Christians, it provides motivation for Christian leaders to get the truth out there while they still can.
I think the conclusion could have been put up front. Perhaps the most important sentence in this book is the last one - "Search the sources provided and come to your own conclusions. Is fine to disagree with some points shared in this text. The hope is readers feel compelled to do their own research, discover truth, and share with others, while there is still freedom to do so." His appendix, making a critical evaluation of one of Bart Ehrman's books, provides possibly his clearest statement on what is the truth - "Throughout history the Bible withstands every attack, and this will not change, as the truth continues to spread." He brings in discoveries in astrophysics and archeology, even speculation about extra dimensions, and he shows how it fits together. I think the book might be more accessible to non-scholars if the truth were defined up front, but none can deny that Leonard knows his stuff. I am proud to call him my friend.
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