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American Culture

Who's "post-Christian" and who isn't?

By SharperIron on Tue, 04/16/13
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Barna has developed a 15 question metric. “Post-Christian = meet at least 60% of the following 15 factors (9 or more factors) highly post-Christian = meet at least 80% of the following 15 factors (12 or more factors)”

Topics to discuss with teens before prom

By filingspost on Wed, 04/10/13
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“Long before plans for this cultural springtime event start to take shape, we need to begin talking with our teens about media messages and our biblical worldview.” From thrivingfamily.com

"[T]aking any stand on homosexuality short of complete... affirmation will soon place one in the same moral category as a Klansman"

By SharperIron on Sun, 02/24/13
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“I am not a cultural transformationalist; but if there are any such reading this blog, I might suggest that now would be a good time for you chaps to start proving me wrong. Yes, I do appreciate the cool movie reviews, the nice paintings… but I have a suspicion that it would really be much more helpful if we were seeing some transformation for the good in society’s moral and legal standards.”

Barna: Evangelical movie-going habits surprisingly high

By SharperIron on Fri, 02/22/13
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“The evangelical average is a full movie more than the national adult average, and just shy of the average of 3 films seen by those professing no religion.”

"Only 8 percent of white evangelical Protestants said 'stricter gun control laws and enforcement' are the most important solution"

By SharperIron on Thu, 12/20/12
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In Sandy Hook Debate over Gun Control vs. Mental Health, Evangelicals Diverge from Rest of Nation

"I believe the cultural backlash against evangelical Christianity has less to do with our views ... and more to do with our posture."

By SharperIron on Mon, 12/17/12
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NYT: The Decline of Evangelical America

"[W]e haven’t managed to break through the confusion and commercialization ... and show the world what we’re actually celebrating"

By SharperIron on Wed, 12/12/12
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MACARTHUR: Christmas culture wars obscure true meaning

Study: Broadcast TV nudity up 407 percent

By SharperIron on Mon, 08/27/12
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“…a new study shows there was a 407 percent increase in pixilated-type full nudity on broadcast television in the 2011-12 TV year — most of it occurring before 9 p.m. and little of it containing the appropriate warning”

"Not surprisingly, in the process of adapting to the new immature adulthood, churches started looking a lot like youth groups"

By Filings on Mon, 06/11/12
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On the invention of the “teenager” and today’s permanently (?) teenaged church… When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity

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