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Absolute Truth

Written by Kerby Anderson January 22 - 2016
The Bible rests upon a belief in absolute truth. Yet surveys by George Barna show that a minority of born-again adults (44 percent) and an even smaller proportion of born-again teenagers (9 percent) are certain of the existence of absolute moral truth. Even more disturbing is the fact that by a three-to-one margin adults say truth is always relative to the person and their situation. George Barna concludes in his book, Boiling Point: Monitoring Cultural Shifts in the 21st Century, that moral anarchy has arrived and dominates our culture today. His argument hinges on a substantial amount of attitudinal and behavioral evidence, such as rapid growth of the pornography industry, highway speeding as the norm, income tax cheating, computer hacking, increasing rates of cohabitation and adultery, and Internet-based plagiarism. When asked the basis on which they form their moral choices, nearly half of all adults cite their desire to do whatever will bring them the most pleasing or satisfying results. Although the Bible should be the basis of our moral decision-making, the survey showed that only four out of every ten born-again Christian adults relies on the Bible or church teaching as their primary source of moral guidance. The survey also found that the younger generation was even more inclined to support behaviors that conflict with traditional Christian morals. Many Christians today are not thinking or behaving as Christians in part because they have rejected any belief in absolute truth. If Christians believe that morality is relative and determined by the situation, then they have changed biblical moral principles. Today there is a critical need for Christians to think and act biblically in every area of life. Viewpoints by Kerby Anderson

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