True Truth

Schaeffer’s deliberately redundant phrase for truth that is true regardless of what anyone thinks about it; truth that corresponds to reality as it actually is, independent of the observer. He used the doubling (“true truth”) to push back against the modern habit of saying “that may be true for you” as though truth were a personal preference. A chair exists whether you sit in it or not. A diagnosis is accurate whether you accept it or not. The resurrection either happened in space-time history or it did not; the sincerity of your belief does not change the fact. Schaeffer argued that Christianity stands or falls on true truth: if the events recorded in Scripture did not actually happen, the faith is meaningless. But if they did, then they demand a response from every person regardless of cultural background or personal feeling. This concept anchors the entire Case for Christ as well; the evidence matters precisely because the claims are objective.