Resting In Him
June 8th, 2006, 02:10 PM
Choose This Day
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Choose This Day
Guess what? George Barna has found that 51% of those adults he surveyed felt that their faith had "transformed" their lives! Oh, if only those lives then would "transform" our culture! But sadly, the "transformed" are about equal to the task of "change agent" as the 45% that claimed less or no influence of their faith, when queried by Mr. Barna.
Perhaps that's owing to many Americans' "consumer" approach to their faith. Like any other "purchase" we make, many professing believers figure they'll "buy into" this "God thing," as long as they are getting enough out of it to "feel" satisfied...as if our "happiness" is something we can "buy" through identifying as a Christian.
Cont'd... (http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mdaniels/?adate=6/8/2006#1401533)
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Choose This Day
Guess what? George Barna has found that 51% of those adults he surveyed felt that their faith had "transformed" their lives! Oh, if only those lives then would "transform" our culture! But sadly, the "transformed" are about equal to the task of "change agent" as the 45% that claimed less or no influence of their faith, when queried by Mr. Barna.
Perhaps that's owing to many Americans' "consumer" approach to their faith. Like any other "purchase" we make, many professing believers figure they'll "buy into" this "God thing," as long as they are getting enough out of it to "feel" satisfied...as if our "happiness" is something we can "buy" through identifying as a Christian.
Cont'd... (http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mdaniels/?adate=6/8/2006#1401533)