Weve got A.J. Swoboda kicking off our new #ChurchTrending blog series with part 1 of Defying Gravity: Why Relativism Is Dying & Everyone Is Believing In Absolute Truth: -- I feel I have something to say about this. Not a final word, but something. As a pastor in the urban core of Portland, I’ve been given a privileged place to creepily watch my neighborhood for trends and insights as to emerging beliefs and faith. In my seminar, I decided to share a few of these insights. To do so, I needed a fictional character. Years ago, I’d heard that Rick Warren created a fictional character named “Saddleback Sam” who epitomized the kind of individual Saddleback Church sought to engage in Southern California. I, on the other hand, came up with “Cascadian Carl” as the fictional name for a young, non-Christian, progressive, postmodern person who lives in an urban center of a post-Christian city like Portland. Cascadian Carl, I began, believes in absolute truth and is not a relativist. -- Read the rest: missioalliance.org/defying-gravity-why-relativism-is-dying-everyone-is-believing-in-absolute-truth-part-1/
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