Archive for the 'Fleecing the Flock' Category
- 03/01/2006 Fleecing the Flock
- 03/17/2006 New Jerusalem Council
- 03/30/2006 Gift of Fear
- 04/11/2006 House of Merchandise
- 04/14/2006 Ordained by Men
An insiders look at conversations between God and Your Pastor
For the purposes of the survey, a “Biblical Worldview” was defined as believing that absolute moral truth exists and such truth is defined by the Bible; the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to be good or do good works; a Christian has a responsibility to share their faith in Christ with other people; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today. In the research, anyone who held all of those beliefs was said to have a Biblical Worldview. Barna Group, Ventura, California, USA
The research indicated that everyone has a world view, but relatively few people have a biblical world view – even among devoutly religious people. The survey discovered that only 9% of born again Christians have such a perspective on life. The research data showed that one pattern emerged loud and clear: young adults rarely possess a biblical worldview. The current study found that less than one-half of one percent of adults in the Mosaic generation – i.e., those aged 18 to 23 – have a biblical worldview, compared to about one out of every nine older adults…