Behavior and Belief<\/b><\/p>\n
Behavior and belief – If you don\u2019t live it, you don\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n
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Faith<\/b><\/p>\n
Faith in many ways is like a wheelbarrow. You have to put some real push behind it to make it work.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Impact of Religion<\/b><\/p>\n
The Princeton Religion Research Center has measured the impact of religion on day-to-day work. Comparing the "churched" with the "unchurched" on a wide range of behaviors like pilfering supplies (stealing), overstating qualifications on resumes (lying), calling in sick when not sick (lying and stealing), and overstating tax deductions (lying, stealing, and cheating), the center finds "little difference in the ethical views and behavior of the churched and the unchurched." What differences there are "are not significant or are of marginal significance."<\/p>\n
William Hendricks, in Christianity Today, Nov. 25, 1991<\/p>\n
Little Difference<\/b><\/p>\n
There\u2019s little difference in ethical behavior between the churched and the unchurched. There\u2019s as much pilferage and dishonesty among the churched as the unchurched. And I\u2019m afraid that applies pretty much across the board: religion, per se, is not really life changing. People cite it as important, for instance, in overcoming depression\u2014but it doesn\u2019t have primacy in determining behavior.<\/p>\n
George H. Gallup, \u201cVital Signs,\u201d Leadership, Fall 1987, p. 17<\/p>\n
I Surrender<\/b><\/p>\n
In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church\u2019s integrity problem is in the misconception \u201cthat we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.\u201d He goes on to say, \u201cIt is revival without reformation, without repentance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quoted in John The Baptizer, Bible Study Guide by C. Swindoll, p. 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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