Real Freedom Is Grounded in Truth

At 8:39 p.m. on July 16, 1999, John Kennedy, Jr., his wife, and his sister-in-law departed in a single-engine plane from Essex County, New Jersey, to attend his cousin’s wedding the next day. Sadly, the aircraft crashed and none survived. Vertigo, a condition in which the pilot’s internal system of balance is thrown askew, making it impossible to sense the position, speed, and trajectory of the plane, likely was a factor in the crash. To overcome vertigo, a pilot must exercise an iron will to rely fully on the plane’s instruments, which don’t mislead.

Many people today have vertigo in their lives. They base all kinds of decisions on feelings. Absolute truth—moral and ethical standards of right and wrong—can be likened to a plane’s instruments. For the Christian, truth is found in the Bible—God’s Word—but nature (natural law) and conscience certainly are more reliable sources of truth than one’s feelings. Basing one’s decisions in life on absolute truth ensures a safe flight and a safe landing—but we must refuse to follow feelings and must swim upstream against today’s cultural tide.

http://airlinesafety.com/editorials/JFKJrCrash.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy,_Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy,_Jr._plane_crash

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-jr-killed-in-plane-crash

http://www.logisticsonline.com/doc.mvc/Spatial-disorientation-cause-of-Kennedy-plane-0001

http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/830337/audio_clip_on_jfk_jrs_plane_released/