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On March 4th Dr. Tim Keller, Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City), delivered a wonderful talk at the University of California at Berkeley in which he defended the Christian notion of exclusivity. In our day it is frequently asserted that no religion has “the truth” to the exclusion of any other religion. We are often told that we are arrogant if we believe that we are right on any point of doctrine. This becomes a real problem for us as Christians who are committed to the following statements of Scripture.

John 14.6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

This two and a half minute clip powerfully demonstrates the hidden flaw in the popular notion of everyone having their own private religion. The idea that all paths eventually reach God doesn’t really help in a crisis because when a dying man needs to know about certainty and forgiveness he needs real answers. The lady is a chaplain of sorts and the man becomes increasingly irate as he realizes that she is just asking him questions rather than giving him answers.