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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ
A Monthly Newsletter Knowing The Time
October ‘10 What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3
Words From Our Ministries. Page 5
Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 8
An address from the Senior Pastor. Page 2
86 percent of Americans believe in God or a higher power. 81 percent of Protestants were uncertain of the roll of faith in salvation. 45 percent thought the Golden Rule was one of the Ten Commandments.
Do You Know What You Believe Last month The Slatest ran a story by USA Today that caught my eye. Each day I see 10s upon 10s of news stories that I just ignore or erase. But this one...I just had to see what was the mystery. “Religion a Great Mystery to Most Americans” In light of all of the “religious” hoopla that has been in the news over the last few months, my interest was peeked. The story ran with the opening line,”Faith trumps factual knowledge of religion in America...” Instantly I was disturbed. A week before I had seen a show on JCTV that talked about a man who grew up in the October
“ultra conservative Southern Baptist Church”, and even had aspirations to be a minister. But when questioned about his belief, he realized he didn’t know anything about what he claimed to believe. Now, he is a professed atheist.
According to the research, Atheist and Agnostic faired better in the survey than Christians. The reason that was given, “atheism is an effect of knowledge, not a lack of knowledge.” While we know this is a lie of the enemy, the question begs to be answered, “do we know what we believe?”
The two stories made me think, how many of our youth, young adults and even adults know what they believe? And As believers, we must know what we if they didn’t have all of the historical KNOW, and be willing to teach it to our facts, would the core of their faith be youth and new converts. This is very shaken? important to your survival! The Pew Forum on Religion & Public -Mel A. Perry. Life called 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about religion. This is Mel serves as Global Relations Director and what they said: Assistant Pastor of NLTC 1