That suggests a lot of openness to more solid biblical discipling.

These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as attending church and reading the Bible, and they are willing to throw some money in the offering basket, but when it comes time to truly establishing their priorities and making a tangible commitment to knowing and loving God, most people stop short.

alternative forms of organized spirituality, as well as individualized faith experience and expression.

Anchoring a church’s ministry offerings to a physical ministry campus won’t work for increasing numbers of Americans,

Anchoring a church’s ministry offerings to a physical ministry campus won’t work for increasing numbers of Americans,

And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength." As the love of God is the beginning of all our mercies, so love to God should be the end and effect of them all. As the stream leads us to the spring, so all the gifts of God must lead us to the giver of them.