As Marie writes:
Perhaps I have misunderstood his inherent meaning, but it appears that Billy Russell wants to define Truth in terms of the "facts" -- that is, what did or did not happen, what was or was not said or done ... and the blame and punishment that is to be placed as a result of that reality.
If Mr. Russell knew all the facts of what has happened here, I am certain that he would not want those facts recited before the known world -- both for the sake of particular institutions and for the sake of the friends whom he loves, both living and dead.
As for me, I believe that Truth (with a capital T) exists as a reality which, while encompassing the facts, is, nonetheless, beyond the facts and beyond the petty and mundane scrabble of life.
Defining Truth, as I do, as not only the terrestrial facts, but also as the personification and embodiment of the Living Word of Christ Jesus, opens up whole new heavenly worlds of possibilities and fresh vistas of opportunities.
For many years, I have sought to speak Truth in Love to these individuals and entities, while withholding vast troves of unspoken facts and realities ... for the purpose of protecting others.
They (including many of the others I strove to protect), however, seem only to have earthly ears and eyes for "truth" as they perceive it: "truth" that will best suit them and their agenda and objectives, that will make them look or feel good, that will ease their consciences, minds, hearts, or pocketbooks ... and that will obfuscate or conceal the facts.
If this is their deepest perception of Truth (and, incidentally, of Love), is there really any possibility of communication?
Or, have I misunderstood their meaning or intent?
Perhaps the best I can do is present the facts publicly and pray that other students, at least, will be protected and warned away from making my mistake, from wasting their lives (as I have apparently done) by vainly hoping that someone at Southwest Baptist University, the Missouri Baptist Convention or its affiliate institutions would learn of Truth ... or of Love ... or of God.
Maybe there is no Justice and no hope of Justice at Southwest Baptist University because God is no longer there.
Or, if He does still dwell in some abysmal corner, He will never be permitted to embody Himself through Truth ... or through Love ... or through Justice.
