Am I imagining things, … or is our world in the middle of some additional “faith-creep.” Faith-creep is a term we’ll make up here and now to describe the incremental distance our faith slides out the window with each passing epoch. For example, the latest statistics show that a lack of religious identity increased in every US state between 1990 and 2008.
In a stinging rebuke of the latest impediments to faith (June 21st 2007), Jeff Mirus mentioned several categories of impediements, including
*** Competing authorities
*** Diabolical influence
*** The Failure of Relationships
*** The Church
I regularly see examples of this “Faith-Creep” every day. It takes its toll. Burn-out, clinical depression, and even physical medical problems can result from the Faith-creek. In fact, it’s difficult to totally ammend.
Do you have an idea on how to stop Faith-Creep? Do you see it happening in your organization, church, group or town? Does it seem faster than usual, or slower than usual.
Please use the comment box below to make suggestions or come up with answers to this Faith Creep problem. See if you can tackle another reason faith might be creeping out the window. Let’s figure this out.
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