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A sad commentary on American Christianity by Rev. Chuck Baldwin as found on James Edwards' blog.
Few American Christian Have a Biblical Worldview
"The prolific pollster George Barna just released another startling
survey:among America's professing "born-again" Christians, only 19%
possess aBiblical worldview. That's right. Some 80% of professing
Christians do notpossess a Biblical worldview.
And it's not as if Barna's survey questions were all that difficult. Barna's
criteria for determining a person's Biblical worldview were the following:
*Believing that absolute moral truth exists;
*Believing that the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it
teaches;
*Believing that Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merelysymbolic;
*Believing that a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to begood or do good works;
*Believing that God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world
who still rules the universe today.
In the research, anyone who held all of those beliefs was said to have a
Biblical worldview. And again, even among professing "born-again"
Christians, only 19% were shown to have a Biblical worldview.
See Barna's research at:
[url]http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/21-transformation/ 252-barna-survey-examines-changes-in-worldview-among-christi ans-over-the-past-13-years[/url]
This survey helps explain a bunch!
How in the name of common sense can Christians expect to be the "salt"
and"light" to a lost and dying world when the vast majority of
believers do noteven possess a basic Biblical foundation?
Of course, many mainline Protestant denominations lost their allegiance
toBiblical truth decades ago. And now it seems that a majority of
evangelicalchurches are consumed with the politically correct
doctrines of ProsperityTheology and Entertainment Evangelism.
Old-fashioned Bible Christianity hasbeen replaced with avant-garde
movements such as the Emerging Church,Purpose Driven Church,
Seeker-Sensitive Church, User-Friendly Church,Meta-Church, ad
infinitum, ad nauseam.
The result of this departure from Biblical Christianity is that some
80% ofprofessing Christians today do not hold a Biblical worldview and
are,
therefore, impotent at being the "salt" and "light" that our Lord requires.
Let's face it: without a Biblical worldview, these modern "born-again"
evangelicals are walking around with pagan, Christless worldviews.
Insteadof the Bible, socialist talking heads, globalist media moguls,
hedonisticentertainers, political hacks, and humanistic academicians
are the ones tomost influence their opinions, philosophies, and
mindsets.
And just whose fault is it that our churches have become so riddled with
infidelity and apostasy? The preachers, obviously.
Instead of standing up on their own hind legs and proclaiming, "Thus
saiththe Lord," without fear or favor, they are falling all over
themselvestrying to emulate Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, and Bill Hybels.
Instead ofpreaching with the fear of God in their hearts, they preach
with the fear ofthe I.R.S. and the G.O.P. in their hearts. Or, worse
than that, they "tiptoethrough the tulips" for fear of their own
church members.
I will say it one more time, if America's preachers would stand up in
theirpulpits every Sunday and not be afraid to preach the truth (and
courageouslyrelate it to America's everyday problems and challenges
including ourpolitical problems and challenges), the ship of state
could be turned aroundovernight! As the pulpits go, so goes the
nation. And right now, the pulpitsof America are leading our country
over the cliff!
It is for this very reason that, a few years ago, I began a nationwide
campaign to discover the modern "Black Regiment" pastors and churches
inAmerica. As a result of this effort, we have already identified
scores ofpastors and churches across America that have gladly chosen
to identifythemselves as being part of America's "Black Regiment."
See the Black Regiment web page here:
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/blackregiment.php
If you find a Black Regiment pastor in your area, by all means, join with
and support both him and his congregation. How can pastors be expected
tocourageously proclaim the truth unless people who appreciate the
truthsupport them with both their attendance and offerings?
It is also for this reason that I am now live-streaming my Sunday
morningmessages on the Internet. We now have hundreds of thirsty souls
watching usevery Sunday morning. For the most part, these are people
who have trieddesperately to find courageous, independent-minded
patriot-pastors in theircommunities, but have failed to do so. Our
live-streamed broadcast givesthem an online home where truth is
preached. If you want to join them, usethis url on Sunday at
approximately 10:30 a.m. (Central Daylight Time):
http://crossroadbaptist.net/live.html
George Barna's research is tremendously revealing-and disconcerting. It
isa sad day when many unbelievers seem to have more character and
convictionabout the foundational principles of constitutional
government, liberty, andindependence than do professing Christians.
But then again, if Christianscannot be trusted to understand and
revere the Sacred Text, how can theyunderstand and revere the
Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution,and Bill of Rights?"
Few American Christian Have a Biblical Worldview
"The prolific pollster George Barna just released another startling
survey:among America's professing "born-again" Christians, only 19%
possess aBiblical worldview. That's right. Some 80% of professing
Christians do notpossess a Biblical worldview.
And it's not as if Barna's survey questions were all that difficult. Barna's
criteria for determining a person's Biblical worldview were the following:
*Believing that absolute moral truth exists;
*Believing that the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it
teaches;
*Believing that Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merelysymbolic;
*Believing that a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to begood or do good works;
*Believing that God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world
who still rules the universe today.
In the research, anyone who held all of those beliefs was said to have a
Biblical worldview. And again, even among professing "born-again"
Christians, only 19% were shown to have a Biblical worldview.
See Barna's research at:
[url]http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/21-transformation/ 252-barna-survey-examines-changes-in-worldview-among-christi ans-over-the-past-13-years[/url]
This survey helps explain a bunch!
How in the name of common sense can Christians expect to be the "salt"
and"light" to a lost and dying world when the vast majority of
believers do noteven possess a basic Biblical foundation?
Of course, many mainline Protestant denominations lost their allegiance
toBiblical truth decades ago. And now it seems that a majority of
evangelicalchurches are consumed with the politically correct
doctrines of ProsperityTheology and Entertainment Evangelism.
Old-fashioned Bible Christianity hasbeen replaced with avant-garde
movements such as the Emerging Church,Purpose Driven Church,
Seeker-Sensitive Church, User-Friendly Church,Meta-Church, ad
infinitum, ad nauseam.
The result of this departure from Biblical Christianity is that some
80% ofprofessing Christians today do not hold a Biblical worldview and
are,
therefore, impotent at being the "salt" and "light" that our Lord requires.
Let's face it: without a Biblical worldview, these modern "born-again"
evangelicals are walking around with pagan, Christless worldviews.
Insteadof the Bible, socialist talking heads, globalist media moguls,
hedonisticentertainers, political hacks, and humanistic academicians
are the ones tomost influence their opinions, philosophies, and
mindsets.
And just whose fault is it that our churches have become so riddled with
infidelity and apostasy? The preachers, obviously.
Instead of standing up on their own hind legs and proclaiming, "Thus
saiththe Lord," without fear or favor, they are falling all over
themselvestrying to emulate Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, and Bill Hybels.
Instead ofpreaching with the fear of God in their hearts, they preach
with the fear ofthe I.R.S. and the G.O.P. in their hearts. Or, worse
than that, they "tiptoethrough the tulips" for fear of their own
church members.
I will say it one more time, if America's preachers would stand up in
theirpulpits every Sunday and not be afraid to preach the truth (and
courageouslyrelate it to America's everyday problems and challenges
including ourpolitical problems and challenges), the ship of state
could be turned aroundovernight! As the pulpits go, so goes the
nation. And right now, the pulpitsof America are leading our country
over the cliff!
It is for this very reason that, a few years ago, I began a nationwide
campaign to discover the modern "Black Regiment" pastors and churches
inAmerica. As a result of this effort, we have already identified
scores ofpastors and churches across America that have gladly chosen
to identifythemselves as being part of America's "Black Regiment."
See the Black Regiment web page here:
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/blackregiment.php
If you find a Black Regiment pastor in your area, by all means, join with
and support both him and his congregation. How can pastors be expected
tocourageously proclaim the truth unless people who appreciate the
truthsupport them with both their attendance and offerings?
It is also for this reason that I am now live-streaming my Sunday
morningmessages on the Internet. We now have hundreds of thirsty souls
watching usevery Sunday morning. For the most part, these are people
who have trieddesperately to find courageous, independent-minded
patriot-pastors in theircommunities, but have failed to do so. Our
live-streamed broadcast givesthem an online home where truth is
preached. If you want to join them, usethis url on Sunday at
approximately 10:30 a.m. (Central Daylight Time):
http://crossroadbaptist.net/live.html
George Barna's research is tremendously revealing-and disconcerting. It
isa sad day when many unbelievers seem to have more character and
convictionabout the foundational principles of constitutional
government, liberty, andindependence than do professing Christians.
But then again, if Christianscannot be trusted to understand and
revere the Sacred Text, how can theyunderstand and revere the
Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution,and Bill of Rights?"