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5 days ago | 
religionunplugged.com | Paul Prather
(OPINION) Over the past few years, I’ve written occasionally about a well-documented drop in church attendance and affiliation among Americans. There are indications that free-fall may have stabilized. In February, the Pew Research Center released its third Religious Landscape Study, a mammoth project that over 17 years has sampled more than 35,000 randomly selected respondents each time it’s been conducted.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasonline.com | Paul Prather
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Over the past few years I've written occasionally about a well-documented drop in church attendance and affiliation among Americans.
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1 week ago | 
kentucky.com | Paul Prather
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomPew data shows Christian affiliation has stabilized at around 62% since 2019. Religiously unaffiliated share has plateaued at 29% after years of growth. Demographic shifts may renew church decline as older, devout generations pass. Over the past few years I’ve written occasionally about a well-documented drop in church attendance and affiliation among Americans. There are indications that free-fall may have stabilized.
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2 weeks ago | 
arkansasonline.com | Paul Prather
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. This column originally appeared in the Aug. 14, 2019 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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2 weeks ago | 
religionunplugged.com | Paul Prather
(OPINION) Since Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American elected as pope, I’ve been racking my mind trying to find something semi-intelligent to write about this momentous event. What I’ve come up with is, “Congratulations to the new Pope Leo XIV.”Not even semi-intelligent, that. Let me assure you, I love the Roman Catholic Church and have a host of Catholic friends. I’m an amateur student of Catholic mysticism.
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2 weeks ago | 
hanfordsentinel.com | Paul Prather
Since Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American elected as pope, I’ve been racking my mind trying to find something semi-intelligent to write about this momentous event. What I’ve come up with is, “Congratulations to the new Pope Leo XIV.”Not even semi-intelligent, that. Let me assure you, I love the Roman Catholic Church and have a host of Catholic friends. I’m an amateur student of Catholic mysticism.
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3 weeks ago | 
kentucky.com | Paul Prather
Since Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American elected as pope, I’ve been racking my mind trying to find something semi-intelligent to write about this momentous event. What I’ve come up with is, “Congratulations to the new Pope Leo XIV.”Not even semi-intelligent, that. Let me assure you, I love the Roman Catholic Church and have a host of Catholic friends. I’m an amateur student of Catholic mysticism.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Paul Prather
Since Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American elected as pope, I’ve been racking my mind trying to find something semi-intelligent to write about this momentous event. What I’ve come up with is, “Congratulations to the new Pope Leo XIV.”Not even semi-intelligent, that. Let me assure you, I love the Roman Catholic Church and have a host of Catholic friends. I’m an amateur student of Catholic mysticism.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasonline.com | Paul Prather
On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. The criticism of my preaching I've heard most across the decades is this: I don't preach enough against wickedness.
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1 month ago | 
religionunplugged.com | Paul Prather
(OPINION) The criticism of my preaching I’ve heard most across the decades is this: I don’t preach enough against wickedness. I’m too easy on reprobates. I don’t threaten rebels with hellfire. In a word, I’m soft on sin. By sin, my critics tend to mean something naughty the critic himself doesn’t happen to be doing. Or something naughty the critic is doing secretly but hopes to pin on others. Or something the critic would like to do but doesn’t have the guts for.
