Ten Resources That Have Helped Me Make Sense of Our Current Culture and How Christians Are Responding to It
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“The following ten resources have helped me better understand troubling aspects of our current culture primarily from the left.
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The following ten resources have helped me better understand troubling aspects of our current culture primarily from the left.
“Roughly equal shares of Americans say they live near all or most of their extended family (28%) or near some extended family (27%). Another 24% of adults say they live within an hour’s drive of only a few family members, while one-in-five say they do not live near any extended family members.” - Pew
Adams’ warned that our level of freedom depends on a high level of self-restraint by the citizens. French: “The response to John Adams’s warning is not to arm the government with more power but to equip citizens with more virtue. And how do we do that?” - David French
“The shrinking of the middle class has been accompanied by an increase in the share of adults in the upper-income tier – from 14% in 1971 to 21% in 2021 – as well as an increase in the share who are in the lower-income tier, from 25% to 29%.” - Pew
“2 In a reversal, women are now more likely than men to graduate from college…. 4 Only 62% of students who start a degree or certificate program finish their program within six years” - Pew
“In every study since 2018, Bible Users have accounted for between 47 and 49 percent of American adults; however, the 2022 data showed a 10-percent decrease” - ABS
Faith in America study: “13% of Americans are atheists, not believing in God, a higher power, or any spiritual force. Of the others, a bare majority, 54%, of Americans say they ‘believe in God as described by the Bible.’ Whereas 16% say they ‘believe in God but not as described in the Bible.’” - Veith
“A majority (56 percent) of Gen Zers report they felt lonely at least once or twice a month during their childhood. In contrast, only about one in four (24 percent) Baby Boomers say they felt lonely this often as children.” - IFS
“in 22 of 250 U.S. metropolitan areas, women under the age of 30 earn the same amount as or more than their male counterparts” - Pew
“28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a mostly negative effect” - Pew
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