As originally published in LifeLines:
National & International Religion Report (11/28/94 and 3/18/96) gave the findings of some Barna Research Group surveys dealing with Americans' religious beliefs. The studies reported that some 96% of American adults believe in God. (Before you get too excited about that, you should know that 30% of those people "embrace an unorthodox definition of God, such as a state of higher consciousness.") But what caught my attention was another finding: while the majority of Americans claim to believe in God, 71% say there is no such thing as absolute truth - including about half of those who identify themselves as Christians.
That's right: Almost everyone in our country professes a belief in God, but barely a fourth believe in a personal God who holds men accountable to a definite standard of right and wrong. And this view is shared by a lot of folks claiming to be disciples of Jesus - the one who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
With that sort of thought prevailing, it's no wonder our friends and neighbors are adrift in moral uncertainty. They need the anchor of steadfast hope in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 6:19). Brothers and sisters, we have our work cut out for us. Let's get to it.
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