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When considering truth, there are three aspects in which people can be broad or narrow.First, we ought to be broad in our sympathies. Wherever we live, in whatever status or culture, we ought to be sympathetic, seeking to be kind, generous, and understanding. Second, we ought to be broad in our horizons.We ought not to be biased and prejudiced toward others. But third, we ought to be narrow in our acceptance and defense of the truth, especially the truth about Almighty God.Truth is always narrowalways. Not just some of it. All of it. Mathematical Truth Let me illustrate it this way: Two plus two equals four. Now, some fellow comes along and says, Im not mathematically narrow-minded. I believe two plus two can equal fifteen or twenty. Im broadminded in my mathematics. Well, let him go down to the bank and see how far he gets!He goes up to a teller and says, I have a check here. I want to withdraw five hundred dollars, and she looks at his account and says, You dont have but two hundred dollars in your account. He says, Why, thats narrow-minded! I deposited one hundred dollars, and I deposited another hundred dollars, and in my math thats five hundred dollars! And the teller says, Youre a first-class nut case! Mathematical truth is narrow.