committed christians - Independent Homeschool

Apparently over 50% of kids who come to college with faith, lose it by the time they leave. Wow. A new book (I haven't read...but I like their references) tries to counter

Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church…Is Barna Wrong here?

httpv://youtu.be/164a8a5hQdE I'm not doubting the Barna research, but the conclusions seem pretty mistaken I recently discussed this survey conducted by the infamous Barna research organization. All of friends responded with saying, "Sad." Next,

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