Lost in Faith

me: I’d like to fly to SOUTH Africa.
Delta agent: Is that a country or a continent?

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From Christianity Today (see below for link to the original post)
Snapshots of Religious Life
What do the recent surveys tell us about the future of faith?
John Ortberg | posted 4/27/2009
Snapshot: The recently released American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) indicates that faith is going down across the board. The number of people who identify themselves as Christian [...]

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“The soul never thinks without a mental image”
-Aristotle

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The answer is definitively, “NO!”
The only way you get better is by evaluation!

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Until grace stuns you it will never transform you.  Larry Crabb

Belonging happens before believing,
Believing happens before behaving.     Floyd McClung

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Shoal Creek  6816 S. Church Rd Pleasant Valley, MO 64068   Sundays 9:30/11am
http://www.shoalcreek.org

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Here are some links to resources for further study on the  movie Expelled:
http://www.discovery.org/
http://www.ideacenter.org/
http://privilegedplanet.com/
http://www.designinference.com/
http://www.arn.org/
Rebuttals to criticism of Expelled the Movie

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The most dangerous person on your team is not the one who opposes you it is the one who is just out of alignment
people follow for a variety of reasons

some because of your marriage

some because of your education
some because of you life stage

people will watch how I handle conflict
people will leave for [...]

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How have I been complicit in the economic disorder which rages?
Have I lived beyond my personal means?
Have I incurred irresponsible debt?
Have I lived indulgently, a lifestyle directed more by culture than by the influence of Christ?
Has my life’s purpose been more about acquiring stuff than living a life of generosity and compassion?

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