Chuck Colson has a "BreakPoint" commentary that I find chilling. Middle School "Christian kids" resist the reality of Christianity's truth claims vis-a-vis other religions. Colson writes:
I was dismayed a while back when I learned that a Barna survey found
that “less than one out of every ten churched teenagers has a biblical
worldview.” But a survey is just that, a survey. Things couldn’t be
that bad, could they? Well, I recently heard a shocking story that
vividly illustrates just how far relativism has infected the Church—to
the point where Christian kids balk at the idea that Christianity would
claim to be, of all things, true.
Four years ago, the BreakPoint staff and I launched Centurions, an
intensive, year-long education program designed to equip 100 people
each year to defend a biblical worldview and teach it to others.
One of our Centurions participants takes that call very seriously as
she works with students at a local middle school. She sponsors a
Christian club at the school, voluntary of course, and in accord with
all the state laws. The students lead the club, and she mentors those
leaders.
The club has been studying the ReWired curriculum, which
BreakPoint created with Ron Luce’s Teen Mania. The DVD explores the
four basic worldview questions: Where do I come from? Why is the world
in such a mess? Is there a way to fix it? Is there a purpose for my
life?
Everything was going fine until the group reached lesson 10. Lesson
10 leads the kids through a series of choices to learn to recognize the
difference between matters of truth and matters of taste. One of the
choices, “believing Islam, Buddhism or Christianity,” flashed on the
screen.
Our Centurion—I’ll call her Joanne, told me what happened
next: “The students went nuts. All but one of the eight leaders
completely balked at