A 1. Absolutes I have been around long enough and preached often enough to have been called some interesting names. For instance, I have been called an absolutist. My response? Of course I am an absolutist, and so is every other believer if he or she is worth anything to God and to His testimony. None of us should be scared or offended if we are called absolutists. We must never let words bother us. Of course we believe in something absolute. Of course we believe in something permanent. We believe