“A vibe shift is underway…. It’s easy to get excited about some of the cultural shifts. But it’s important to appreciate how far we’ve strayed from anything resembling traditional faith or values. It’ll take a vast shift to reverse these decades-old trends, which now have deep roots in contemporary culture.” - TGC
“the public’s views of Israel have turned more negative over the past three years. More than half of U.S. adults (53%) now express an unfavorable opinion of Israel, up from 42% in March 2022” - Pew
“Social media teach us that the world can be digested into these twenty-second reels or into 280-character bites. As a metaphor, they foster strong surges of emotion but not sustained rational engagement.
Based on Pew data: “Whereas Protestantism, including both evangelical and mainline varieties, loses 1.8 members compared to every new addition, Roman Catholicism loses 8.4. That’s an astounding rate of loss.” - WORLD
“It’s no wonder that this culture quickly becomes littered with enormous numbers of broken and now irreparable relationships. Politics itself becomes a new kind of religion, one without any means of acquiring redemption or forgiveness. Rather then seeing some people as right and others as mistaken, they are now regarded as the good and the evil, as true believers or heretics.” - Tim Keller
“By margins of at least 10 percentage points, Americans are less likely now than they were in 2017 to say there’s too little emphasis on encouraging girls to … Do well in school (27% now vs. 43% in 2017) … Be leaders (38% vs. 53%)… Stand up for themselves (41% vs. 54%)” - Pew
“Dog birthday parties are indeed very telling of our changing view of having children. Why does this matter? God loves people, and even after the fall He sees new human life as a beautiful thing. ” - P&D
“Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) say the way people behave in public these days is ruder than before the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes 20% who say behavior today is a lot ruder.” - Pew
“A majority of drinkers (57%) think their own alcohol use does not increase their risk of serious physical health problems. Still, 43% say their drinking does increase their risk of health problems either a lot or a little.” - Pew Research
“…for the last five years, between 2019 and 2024, the Christian share of the adult population has been relatively stable, hovering between 60% and 64%.” - Pew
