Cultural Christianity

“Christians from around the world braved occasional light rain, hot weather and long security lines to participate in Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving. Several prominent religious leaders and Trump administration officials addressed the crowd.” - CPost

“This has produced cynicism across our nation. Many Americans now distrust both politics and religious institutions because each appears to be using the other.” - CPost

“There are sharp partisan divides on whether religion’s influence is good or bad and how far that influence should go.” - Pew Research

Also: Most Americans say religion plays positive role in society - CPost

“On the cusp of America’s 250th birthday, national leaders from every sphere of society will be reading the entire Bible, from cover to cover, across 84 hours in Washington, D.C., starting on April 18th.” - CPost

“Far from the progressive prediction of inevitable secularization, there is an uptick in politicians across the political spectrum invoking Christianity…. But that Christianity may not be going extinct does not mean that the species of public Christianity is faring well, either. Consider a few recent examples” - World

“But familiarity is not fidelity, and comfort is not conviction. Culture is not church. Visibility is not vitality. Christianity that flatters the age rather than forming souls is not revival. It is closer to sedation with a soundtrack.” - World

“Sam Harris and Ross Douath recently discussed religion and I want to address three questions that came up about how religion and morality relate to each other. First, has religion contributed to moral progress?” - Truth Unites

“Conversion at the end of the sword is not true conversion. What’s more, the most vocal of those who call for this kind of arrangement don’t engender confidence that they can be trusted with this power. There’s a large gap between edge-lording meme-makers and a so-called Christian prince. In a fallen world, I’ll take my chances with the American experiment.” - Daniel Darling

“…a return to religion in a culture is not necessarily revival. It could be just a cultural rebalancing, even if many of those are turning to true faith in Jesus Christ. In the worst case, a ‘Christian revival’ can be an emotional social contagion in the same way that transgenderism has been over the last decade—albeit a good and much less destructive one.” - P&D

“There’s a spectrum here…. I think what you’ve got somewhere in the middle is people who both recognize the cultural value of Christianity and all it’s given us in the West, but who are also sort of quite attracted to it as well, but perhaps are struggling to commit to the supernatural claims” - Breakpoint