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Spirituality is booming in the United States. At least
that is what the polls tell us. At the same time fewer and fewer people
have ties to a specific belief system or a church. In general, church
attendance is declining. And only one fourth of professing Christians
say they make decisions based on absolute values—the kind found in the
Bible.
The fact that many people desire a spiritual experience isn't really that surprising. You probably do, too, and you may have talked with friends at school about their own interest in spiritual things. Yearning to fulfill our ultimate destiny and be a part of God's family is actually quite logical.
Yet without confidence in the absolute values found in the Bible, many
have adopted the Luke Skywalker approach to Christianity—they trust their
feelings more than they trust God. Secular philosophers tell us to look
within ourselves in order to find good, instead of looking to God and His
Word. Sadly, the vast majority of Americans seeking spirituality follow
this path. They pick and choose what they will believe and do based upon
their feelings.
People before us have tried to define spirituality on their own terms. In the first century A.D., Jesus asked that generation, "...why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46). Expounding this concept a little further, Jesus added, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven" (Matthew 7:21).
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