Spiritual but not Religious

Welcome to Every Thought Captive.  I’m Phil Steiger.

The Barna Group recently did a study on the growing trend of people who consider themselves spiritual but not religious.  These are folks who consider spirituality to be important to their lives, but do not attend Church.  Of all unchurched adults, Barna noted that 62% of them consider themselves Christian, but only 4% of them have a biblical worldview.

What this means is that a great deal of Americans consider their Christianity a private matter, and take themselves to be the final authority on what it means to be a Christian.

This highlights a growing trend in today’s society in which people reject the idea of absolute truth and replace it with the much more comfortable belief that they can make things up as they go along.  Unfortunately, that brand of relativism breaks down quickly and only leads people further away from the grace and love of Jesus Christ.  May the church learn quickly how to make spiritual people a part of the church again.

This has been Every Thought Captive.  I’m Phil Steiger, pastor at Quail Lake Community Church and Director of Dayspring Center for Christian Studies.  For more information, please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.