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The coming evangelical collapse

<  This article >is creating quite a stir in the evangelical community. Has anyone read it? Any thoughts?

I will likely write a full blog on it when I have some time.

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"Conservative" vs. "Liberal" Churches - Growth

Awhile back John Stackhouse, of Regent College in Vancouver, wrote that conservative churches were growing while more liberal churches were diminishing. He mentioned the Anglican church as an example of the latter. The point he was making was obviously pro-conservative, as he was stating that liberal (or even moderate) Christianity can not offer people what conservative Protestantism can offer.

 

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Evangelical Children?

Anyone here seen Jesus Camp? To some it looked like psychotic possessed children, to others it was simply a reality of a passion-filled childhood.

Some, such as Richard Dawkins, has gone so far as to say raising children in such a religious fashion is child abuse. I'm not here to dispute or promote that.



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I'm Not Religious, I'm a Christian!

One of my friends refers to himself as an “Irreligious Follower of Jesus,” another writes on her Facebook profile that “I’m in love with Jesus, its [sic] a relationship NOT religion.” Dan Kimball wrote a book called “They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations.” A commenter on another blog wrote:

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