Posted on 10/28/2014 4:53:38 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
It is Ligonier's desire to serve the church in fulfilling the Great Commission. This survey has helped to point out common gaps in theological knowledge and awareness so that Christians might be more effective in the proclamation, teaching, and defense of the essential truths of the Christian faith.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestateoftheology.com ...
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Methodology
• A demographically balanced online panel was used for interviewing American adults
• 3,000 surveys were completed February 25–March 5, 2014
• The sample provides 95% confidence that thesampling error from the online panel does not exceed +1.8%
• Margins of error are higher in sub-groups
• Slight weights were used to balance religion and gender and remove constant raters.
The infographic on the survey states:
Thanks for the information. It looks like this study must have been done in the Bible Belt. Some of these questions are about 50/50 (such as many ways to heaven.) Where I live I would put that answer at 80% “many ways to heaven”.
Christ Jesus is the correct answer. Anything else is folly....
This should have been high under strongly disagree if you believe in Faith Alone.
There will be many who say “Lord! Lord” on that day. But Jesus will say, “Depart from me.” (Matthew 7:21. 23).
“I never knew you” means they were not in the covenant: they did not keep Torah. See Jeremiah 31:31 and the Sermon on the Mount for the Masters own words. Christianity is collapsing because it has forsaken the Torah.
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