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Topic: 131 measures and still we "look about the same"
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Eden
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George Barna, a sociolist and researcher, in his book The Second Coming of the Church, used 131 measures of attitudes, behaviors, values, and beliefs to poll Christians and non-Christians, and the results were: "In the aspects of lifestyles where Christians can have the greatest impact on the lives of non-Christians, there were NO REALLY VISIBLE DIFFERENCES between these two segments".
Too much watching the same old movies, too much reading the same old books, too much going to the same night clubs or amusement parks, too much just as before they were supposedly saved ...
I liked becauseHElives admonition that they way to tell if someone has true faith is that it WILL produce fruits of righteousness and good works. And according to the parable of the sower, that would be one-fourth of all who call themselves Christians.
The only thing is that we don't know how big the one-fourth is. A total of 100% can be divided into four pieces in numerous ways.
For instance, of the four kinds of people in the parable of the sower, Kind 1 could be 10%, leaving 90%.
And Kind 2 could be 15%, leaving 75%.
And Kind 3 could be 20%, leaving Kind 4 at 55%, and so on.
So the only thing we DON'T KNOW from the parable of the sower is how big each individual kind actually will be.
But since the Bible also says that "there will be few who find the right way", Kind 4 will probably NOT be 55%, but less.
love, Eden
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