Topic
Issue/Problem Solution
Audience.
we are the bridge between youth and old guys sitting on the council.
Narrowing Topics:
reasons (instant gratification vs. the faith building process)
ask questions
take piece by piece, ask yourself how you can be more specific; what do I really mean when I say this?
Ex. "youth" = "16-22"
answers to questions
specify general words like "faith" especially if different churches define faith differently.
the secularization (reliance upon science, pushing prefrences between good choices, technology, separation of church and state, logical education, still influenced by enlightenment) of society (american society, schools, government, news) is deminishing the validity of religion. (youth learning to distrust things that cannot be proved, need for tangible evidence and data. philosophy that religion is used to keep people down, give people power and money)
Growing agnostic class
distrust of organized religion
spiritual but not religious.
Interlibrary loan, Get it at BYU
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/why-nobody-wants-to-go-to_b_4086016.html
- http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/state-of-american-church.html
- http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/164787-thom-rainer-13-issues-churches-2013.html
BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE: A NO MAN'S LAND, OR "INTERDIGITATIONS"?
- Delivered in Kearney, Neb., Sept. 20, 2012
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