Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Lincoln said, “Well, let’s see how many legs has a cow?”

“Four, of course,” came the reply disgustedly.

“That’s right,” agreed Lincoln. “Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?”

“Why, five, of course,” was the confident reply.

“Now, that’s where you’re wrong,” said Lincoln. “Calling a cow’s tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”

We live in a world today that embraces the idea that truth is relative and that one persons truth may not be the same as someones else.  If this is the case then how are we able to truly know what is truth?

Philippians 4:8

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

We are told to think about things that are true, noble and right.  What are those things and how can we be certain they are the real truth?

List universal truths your group can anchor your thoughts around:

What makes them truths?

Read John 14:6; John 8:31-32

Why are we told to focus and  think about these things and not others?  How can this thought process improve your spiritual relationship with God,  your relationship with other believers, with the lost?