July 25, 2008
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. Because of such activities, they convince themselves that they are people of genuine faith. But when it comes time to truly establishing their priorities and making a tangible commitment to knowing and loving God, and to allowing him to change their character and lifestyle, most people stop short. We want to be ’spiritual’ and we want to have God’s favor, but we’re not sure we want him taking control of our lives and messing with the image and outcomes we’ve worked so hard to produce.” - George Barna
Filed under: faith, faith in action, real quote
Tags: george barna, life changing faith
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 4:41 am
shanna says:
Oh my, so true.
Go to church on Sunday. Stay sober and find out where the parties are M-W. Go to youth group on W. Party Th-Sat.
Repent Sunday.
Repeat Monday.
This is life in our bible-belt town. The adults aren’t much better.
T. Suzanne Eller says:
Faith can be so much more than that, Shanna. So real. So intimate. Life changing. Vibrant. Hard. Amazing.
All the above and more.
Debbie says:
Wow. That’s good stuff.
Debbie