Christian Web News - According to a recent study from Christian research group, the Barna Group, generational gaps have a significant impact on how Americans read and interpret the Bible.
The Barna Group found that ninety percent of people age 64 and older (Elders), and people between 45 and 64 (Boomers) believe that the Bible is sacred. Among those age 18 to 25 (Mosaics) that number drops to sixty-seven percent.
Similarly, only thirty percent of Mosaics believe the Bible is correct in all its teaching, compared to forty-six percent of Boomers and fifty-eight percent of Elders who defend the Bible's perfection.
The majority of Mosaics also see the Bible as just one of many religious texts with similar teachings on morality. Fifty-six percent of Mosaics are willing to lump the Bible in with other writings. Only 40 percent of Boomers and 33 percent of Elders share that view.
“The central theme of young people’s approach to the Bible is skepticism,” said Barna Group president David Kinnaman. “They question the Bible’s history as well as its relevance to their lives, leading many young people to reject the Bible as containing everything one needs to live a meaningful life. This mindset certainly has its challenges, but it also raises the possibility of using their skepticism as an entry point to teaching and exploring the content of the Bible in new ways.”
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
