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First - and Second - the Bad News
First the bad news: America continues its decline into secularism. Americans are becoming less religious. Since the 1990s the percentage of Americans who claim to be Christians has dropped 10%, to around 76% of the population, this according to a new survey by Trinity College. Fully 27% of Americans "do not expect a religious funeral at their death." If there is a bright side to this news it is that those segments of the Christian population identified with a "born-again" experience continue to increase in numbers and as a percentage of all professing Christians. But before we get too excited about that, consider the latest Barna poll - our second
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- Psalm 136:23-26 It is He who remembered us in our low estate, for His steadfast love endures forever;
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