Being Christian Without Losing Your Mind
We even take pride in our problems, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope. — Romans 5:3-4 Popular Christianity focuses on what Jesus can do for us. We confess our sins, we get heaven. We invest in church, we get rewarded in difficult times. In other words, Jesus is …
Religious identity in America continues declining. One survey found that 35 percent of Americans now identify themselves with no religion, and that 44 percent of millennials view themselves similarly. (Christian Century, January 16, 2019) It’s obvious that whatever the Christian church has been doing is simply not working anymore. The future of the church, if …