Recently, we’ve been checking out a ten-year prediction from the Internet Monk, Michael Spencer, about the coming decline of evangelicalism. Along with that dire prediction, though, he also offered a ray of hope for his tribe. Through the power of Jesus-ing harder, they could come through the decline, albeit in reduced circumstances. But he was wrong. Today, let me show you why.
Today, let’s check out how evangelist Ben Jack sees hypocrisy as a hindrance to sales attempts — and how he proposes to solve that growing problem.
Yesterday, we examined a big report by conservative culture warrior Lyman Stone on behalf of American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He had a lot of things to say about the decline of Christianity in America, and I detected a constant theme of fearmongering and potential exaggeration throughout his work. We’ve already covered what his assertions are. Now, here’s my assertion: Lyman Stone needs his target audience to be scared enough to buy his product, because ordinarily they’d recognize what a bad idea that’d be.