REASON #1: THE CHURCH FOLLOWS A FLAWED BOOK (1 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17
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Reason #1: The Church Follows a Flawed Book (1 of 6)
Series: Done With Church
Dave Gustavsen
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Today we begin a brand-new series. As we enter into 2021, more Americans than ever before are deciding that they are done with church. Let me give you a few quick statistics. The Pew Research Center did an extensive survey of millennials (that's people who are now between 23 and 38 years old), and here's what they found: right now, 4 out of 10 millennials consider themselves completely unreligious. No religious affiliation whatsoever. Which is four times higher than it was in the 1980s-when I was in high school. Four times higher! That's the fastest decline in religious affiliation ever recorded. So that's millennials; in older generations those numbers haven't dropped that drastically; but in younger generations-people in their teens and early 20s-those numbers may be dropping even faster.
So the statistics show that more and more people are deciding ''I'm done with church. I'm out.'' But you probably didn't even need to hear the statistics, right? Because you see it happening around you. We all probably know people who are done with church...or maybe they never started in the first place. And when those people are close to us, and people that we love, that can be really painful. Because for those of us who are believers-and I'll make this personal-for me, my relationship with Jesus is the most beautiful, life-giving, life-shaping thing in my life-I mean, he's the reason I have hope. Even if everything else is stripped away from me, I know he's not letting go of me. Jesus is that important to me. And the church is where I worship him and pursue my relationship with him, in community with other people. So when I see people rejecting church, or deciding church is irrelevant, man that hurts. Because I love those people so much. And I know many of you can relate, and this series is for you.
This series is also for you if you're one of the peop ...
Series: Done With Church
Dave Gustavsen
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Today we begin a brand-new series. As we enter into 2021, more Americans than ever before are deciding that they are done with church. Let me give you a few quick statistics. The Pew Research Center did an extensive survey of millennials (that's people who are now between 23 and 38 years old), and here's what they found: right now, 4 out of 10 millennials consider themselves completely unreligious. No religious affiliation whatsoever. Which is four times higher than it was in the 1980s-when I was in high school. Four times higher! That's the fastest decline in religious affiliation ever recorded. So that's millennials; in older generations those numbers haven't dropped that drastically; but in younger generations-people in their teens and early 20s-those numbers may be dropping even faster.
So the statistics show that more and more people are deciding ''I'm done with church. I'm out.'' But you probably didn't even need to hear the statistics, right? Because you see it happening around you. We all probably know people who are done with church...or maybe they never started in the first place. And when those people are close to us, and people that we love, that can be really painful. Because for those of us who are believers-and I'll make this personal-for me, my relationship with Jesus is the most beautiful, life-giving, life-shaping thing in my life-I mean, he's the reason I have hope. Even if everything else is stripped away from me, I know he's not letting go of me. Jesus is that important to me. And the church is where I worship him and pursue my relationship with him, in community with other people. So when I see people rejecting church, or deciding church is irrelevant, man that hurts. Because I love those people so much. And I know many of you can relate, and this series is for you.
This series is also for you if you're one of the peop ...
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