Sunday Morning - 10/30/2022

The End Sermon 1 Colossians 3:1-4 ESV Matthew 24:1-3 NASB Luke 21:20-24 ESV Matthew 24:42-50 NASB 1 Thessalonians 4:1-4 NASB I. The Condition in the beginning. Genesis 3:1-19 NASB Romans 5:12 ESV 1 John 3:4 NASB Romans 6:23 NASB II. The Crisis at the end. 2 Timothy 3:1-9 ESV 37% of Christian pastors possess a biblical worldview and the majority, 62%, hold a hybrid worldview known as Syncretism. "It's just further evidence that the culture is influencing the American church much more than Christian churches are influencing the culture." George Barna Only 12% of Children's and Youth Pastors hold a biblical worldview. And among Teaching Pastors, the level of biblical worldview is a mere 13%. "A person's worldview primarily develops before the age of 13, then goes through a period of refinement during their teens and twenties. Therefore, from a worldview development perspective, a church's most important ministers are the Children's Pastor and the Youth Pastor." - Barna Syncretism: The blending of ideas and applications from a variety of holistic worldviews into a unique but inconsistent combination that represents their personal preferences. Lowest of all is a category that might have been expected to top the list: beliefs and behaviors related to the Bible, truth, and morality. Only 39% of all pastors have a biblical worldview in this area. Ephesians 2:2 NASB 2 Corinthians 4:4 NASB 1 Peter 5:8 NASB