The CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute makes the case that there is simply no evidence to suggest Americans are becoming more religious, either in their affiliation with a particular faith tradition or in terms of attending religious services more regularly.
When we focus on what we are against, we immediately put ourselves on the other side of the table from others who think differently. However, when we focus on what we are for, we can better walk in unity and harmony.
If you could take a computer chip out of the back of your head and tabulate your internal dialogue for the last 24 hours on your laptop, if you’re like most men, you would discover that 78% of your self-talk was negative.
When we think about these veterans this November 11th, who are likely to pass away of old age in a matter of four or five more years, Christ’s teaching that “greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” takes on new meaning.
The young crowd kept chanting. The veteran looked at us and shook his head sadly. I will never forget his expression. He slowly walked away. The Army soldier hadn’t been defeated on a battlefield overseas; defeat had come on a leftist college campus in the nation he’d served.
There are some words of Jesus that usually send chills up my spine whenever I read them. The fear of being turned away by God at the end of my Christian journey is sometimes overwhelming.