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• If this "preparation" was necessary in Lewis's era (he lived from 1898 to 1963), it is even more important in our time. Relativism and how we address it will profoundly influence our evangelism and discipleship.
• We must remember that in any communication there are at least three messages: (1) what I intend to say, (2) what I actually say and (3) what others hear.
• The word absolutism is sometimes used by Christian authors as synonymous with a belief in absolutes. I suggest that it is valuable to make a distinction between absolutes and absolutism. Just as a need to relate truth to all areas of life does not make us relativists, so believing that there are some moral absolutes does not make us absolutists.
• Absolutism might be defined as being synonymous with a cluster of characteristics: arrogance, close-mindedness, intolerance, self-righteousness, bigotry and the like. Absolutists are those who think everything is "black and white" and who make few if any allowances for ambiguity or uncertainty. You
• Many segments of our general culture reject the idea of universal or absolute truth. Secular relativists, participants in New Age spirituality and some persons described as postmodern, using argument and accusation, assault those who express certainty about truth. Their objective seems to be a life floating in tempest-tossed seas without any anchor...