Rocking Chair Religion: much motion, little progress?
Statistics can prove anything . . . and nothing. Today's paper says the economy is down 2%, while home prices have risen 2%. Gas prices have moved up a penny, but, the stock market is off a point. The interest rates are climbing as the trade deficit is falling. The GNP is stable, yet, the national debt is shaky. Statistics are everywhere.
We're no different in radio. For example, we've learned more people wake up to the clock radio (48%), than to the clock alarm (43%). Most Americans hit the snooze button (51%), rather than get up. Only 81% know how to reset their car radio buttons. I suppose all this means something, but, I don't get too excited about it.
Some people "live and die" by this kind of stuff! Often, however, statistics can leave highly misleading clues. For example:
If you are a Christ-follower, you role must never be minimized or reduced to statistics. You are apart of an organism by which God reaches the world (the church). Your role is critical!
What these stats are showing us is how statistics can be skewed- because if 50 million Americans were indeed genuine Christ-followers (people who say that a relationship with Jesus authentically makes a huge difference), than the stats would read different.
That's the difference between saying something vs. living it out.
Live it OUT LOUD - and watch the statistics change. It's time. It's time for your friend to see something real. Your family to see something real. The real deal is what the real world needs.
We're no different in radio. For example, we've learned more people wake up to the clock radio (48%), than to the clock alarm (43%). Most Americans hit the snooze button (51%), rather than get up. Only 81% know how to reset their car radio buttons. I suppose all this means something, but, I don't get too excited about it.
Some people "live and die" by this kind of stuff! Often, however, statistics can leave highly misleading clues. For example:
Over 50 million Americans profess to be Christ-followers.And yet, George Gallop, the famous pollster and Episcopalian has said, "Never before has so much Christian activity brought so little change to our world."
The 20th century has seen the development of the largest churches in history. In the western United States, churches of five, ten or even 15 thousand are not uncommon.
More money is being given to Christian causes than at any time in human history.
More Bibles, in more languages, are in more hands than ever before.
If you are a Christ-follower, you role must never be minimized or reduced to statistics. You are apart of an organism by which God reaches the world (the church). Your role is critical!
What these stats are showing us is how statistics can be skewed- because if 50 million Americans were indeed genuine Christ-followers (people who say that a relationship with Jesus authentically makes a huge difference), than the stats would read different.
That's the difference between saying something vs. living it out.
Live it OUT LOUD - and watch the statistics change. It's time. It's time for your friend to see something real. Your family to see something real. The real deal is what the real world needs.
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