When you look at a great deal of the data from this report, what stands out the most is how close the churched are to the world. When our cult of personality, purpose driven preacher spends more time speaking about us, it is of little wonder that we know so little about God. When our church spends their days preaching about the sins of the world and carnal politics as a solution, it is of little wonder that we do not understand the consequences of our own sin or the realities of our Savior being sinless. When your church spends their days motivating us and teaching us self-help, it is of little wonder that we end up thinking that people are basically good. What does it say when 56% of people who are considered churched evangelicals believe that animals, plants, water, and the wind all have unique spirits? The unsaved only believed that at a 69% rate. Somehow, 24% of the churched do not even believe the bible is the word of God! Why would they? When their churches and spiritual leaders pay lip service to the bible, while some insist that personal experience is somehow equal, why would they revere the bible as the true word of God? Charisma tried to spin this report into their typical NAR narrative of the people who attend church not possessing the correct worldview, but that was an inane conclusion. The report does indict the world but rather, it shows how much the churched are often no different. That should be very sobering indeed.
Reverend Anthony Wade - September 6, 2024
