Good article written by someone who's written many other good articles previously, so no surprise to me there. I think the overall point being made is that, as a whole, in a nation that claims 85% Christianity in some form or another, 33% of which go to church at least once a week, according to the numbers he quoted, our words don't line up with our actions when we look at the numbers (facts), whether those numbers surround family (divorce/abortion/single parenting/adultery/etc), giving (giving on a national scale/foreign aid/charitable giving/church tithing/etc), and a few other categories he highlighted. He talked about per capita giving numbers versus other civilized nations, he talked about how the church seems to be pandering to the needs of the people, rather than adhering to the radical message of Jesus, and that in the process it is IMHO compromising itself (read becoming less effective) in the process, that the pandering centers around self improvement, around anything "self" centered really, rather than the other centered message Christ taught. He gave the specific example of when the rich man asked Jesus what he should do, and how Christ told him to sell everything he had and follow Him, that Christ didn't tell him to invest, spend, and use trickle down economics. The author hinted at environmental accountabilities being Biblical. He hit on a widespread number of topics but overall his message to me centered around being self centered and not other centered, and that quite possibly were we to really embrace being other centered, our culture and society would be much better off if we'd really stick to the two greatest commandments, love God and love your neighbor as yourself. In this respect at least, I wholeheartedly agree.
