These are not exact numbers, but rather an observation. Twenty years ago, the percentage of Americans claiming to be Christian was about 80%. Today that number is about 60%. OK, there has been an influx of non-Christians into the country, and a die-off of aged Christians, but do we really have fewer Christians? God talks about saving a "remnant" of ( Read more... )

I don't rate my friends by what they believe nor by what appears on the surface. Others have different standards, and by speaking my mind, I have lost friends and followers. (Some of THOSE were relatives.) Today, cares of the World are trying to overwhelm me, so I counter with this:( Read more... )

When I first heard this in 1981, it made me very, very angry. I was not angry with the people who told it to me, although they may have assumed that. I was angry with all the ministers, pastors, and seminary students who lied in the face of my direct questions. This information was known in the nineteenth century! This information, more than any ( Read more... )

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I was gone for two weeks. I did not post the actual physical departure, because it was not necessary for the world to know that my teens were home alone. The 18yo had her job, and the 14yo had a mature guardian, but the entire Internet community didn't need to know that Mom had left the building. Mom has returned.

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