“…if my blood has to be shed as part of your own sacrifice and offering — which is your faith —
I shall be happy and rejoice with all of you, and you must be just as happy and rejoice with me”
(Philippians 2:17-18).
A few years ago, pollster George Gallup Jr. was asked to comment on what his polls were saying about “the correct state of religion in America.” He said:
The two major trends really are a search for depth in our society — people are seeking spiritual moorings — and the search for relationships. People need to rediscover each other…We are fragmented. Families are split apart.
Mr. Gallup then went on to describe many American Church-goers as assenters rather than believers:
They assent to faith. They assent to the beliefs which one is meant to believe, but they don’t necessarily believe them. If you consider that a belief is something to be acted upon, then these people are merely paying…
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