STORY: On Trial Have you ever been sworn in at a court hearing? I have. I will never forget what I swore to while holding one hand up and one hand on the Bible. The bailiff asked me, “Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” I swore to tell the truth. The truth is a big deal in court. Not just a partial truth but a whole truth. Not truth mixed with lies—nothing but the truth. And not merely in front of mortals, but in front of God!