Where are the religious leaders who once offered ethical and intellectual guidance on society’s debates? Source: In today’s troubling times, where are our faith leaders? – The Washington Post
With the percentage of U.S. adults who do not identify with a religious group growing, we asked these people to explain, in their own words, why they left. Source: Why some Americans left religion behind | Pew Research Center
Choosing a New Church or House of Worship Source: Choosing a New Church or House of Worship | Pew Research Center
At least three-quarters of adults under 30 talked to a congregation member or friend during their search, compared with just over half of those 65 or older. Source: Younger adults more likely to look to web, friends to find new church | Pew Research Center
A new survey suggests the logistics of going to services can be the biggest barrier to participation—and Americans’ faith in religious institutions is declining. Source: How the Percentage of Americans Who Go to Church Every Week Is Changing – The Atlantic
This election has urban evangelicals paying more attention to the plight of small-town America. Source: I Overlooked the Rural Poor—Then Trump Came Along | Christianity Today
New synagogue ruins recently discovered at a site called Tel Rechesh, near to Mount Tabor in the Nahal Tavor Nature Reserve in lower Galilee lend further weight to the belief that Jesus Christ taught in villages around Galilee during his lifetime here on earth. Source: Synagogue ruins in Israel lend further credibility to New Testament […]
“It is not true, as is sometimes said, that man can organize the world without God. What is true is that, without God, he can ultimately only organize it against man. Exclusive humanism is inhuman humanism.” ∼ Henri de Lubac, The Drama of Atheist Humanism “If God does not exist … everything is permitted.” ∼ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, […]
If Christianity needs interpreters to make it sensible to a post-Christian, materialistic west, could Francis Schaeffer be a good model for us? Source: Francis Schaeffer and Christian Intellectualism
Donald Trump is tapping into a fundamental human need to love something greater than oneself, and people are vulnerable to such “unhealthy expressions” if not given the opportunity to love good, true greater things, says First Things editor R.R. Reno. Source: Trump Phenomenon Related to ‘Human Need to Love Something Greater Than Oneself,’ R. R. […]
