Dank aan de Vader dat Hij nooit moe wordt Zijn kinderen van alles te geven

 

 

Ze gingen het huis binnen en vonden het Kind met Maria, zijn moeder. Ze wierpen zich neer om het eer te bewijzen. Daarna openden ze hun kistjes met kostbaarheden en boden het Kind geschenken aan: goud en wierook en mirre (Matthéüs 2 vers 11). .

 

 

Dank U, Vader, dat U nooit moe wordt uw kinderen van alles te geven.
Wij danken U voor het geschenk van het leven.
Wij danken U voor het geschenk van verlossing door Jezus Christus.
Wij danken U voor het geschenk om terug te kunnen geven wat wij zelf hebben ontvangen.
Daarom, Vader, aanvaarden wij het geschenk van het leven.
Daarom aanvaarden wij het geschenk van Christus' verlossing.
Wij aanvaarden het geschenk van de mogelijkheid U alles terug te geven wat wij eerder van U ontvingen.
Dat bidden wij in Jezus' naam. Amen.

Australian Christadelphian Conference 2016, January 9-17

January 9-17 --------
Australian Christadelphian Conference | Venue: St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney
Speakers: Brethren Matthew Blewett (Westville, South Africa), Mark Vincent (Stirling, UK) and Joe Miles (Maidenhead, UK); theme: “While it is still today” (Hebrews 3:13).
 Please register at the website.

In the morning, Generated energy

 

 

Energy is generated by happy hopes and keen anticipation.

 

 

'My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord:
in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.'
Psalm 5:3

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Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow

The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing, according to an extensive new survey by the Pew Research Center. Moreover, these changes are taking place across the religious landscape, affecting all regions of the country and many demographic groups. While the drop in Christian affiliation is particularly pronounced among young adults, it is occurring among Americans of all ages. The same trends are seen among whites, blacks and Latinos; among both college graduates and adults with only a high school education; and among women as well as men. (Explore the data with the Pew Research Center interactive database tool.)

The percentage of adults (ages 18 and older) who describe themselves as Christians has dropped by nearly eight percentage points in just seven years, from 78.4% in an equally massive Pew Research survey in 2007 to 70.6% in 2014. Over the same period, the percentage of Americans who are religiously unaffiliated – describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – has jumped more than six points, from 16.1% to 22.8%. And the share of Americans who identify with non-Christian faiths also has inched up, rising 1.2 percentage points, from 4.7% in 2007 to 5.9% in 2014. Growth has been especially great among Muslims and Hindus, albeit from a very low base.

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America’s Changing Religious Landscape

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How importance on religion is placed

In the past India has always been a special place concerning the spiritual. Today still close to 80 per cent Indians think religion is an important part of their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report, where they ask if the American public is becoming less religious.

The most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria, Ethiopia, which has a close historical ties with all three of the world's major Abrahamic religions, tops the chart with 98 per cent nationals saying that faith plays a crucial role in their lives.

In the November survey of more than 35,000 U.S. adults it was found that the percentages who say they believe in God, pray daily and regularly go to church or other religious services all have declined modestly in recent years, from 56 per cent in 2007 to 53 per cent in 2015.

The share of U.S. adults who say they believe in God, while still remarkably high by comparison with other advanced industrial countries, has declined modestly, from approximately 92% to 89%, since Pew Research Center conducted its first Landscape Study in 2007.

The share of Americans who say they are “absolutely certain” God exists has dropped more sharply, from 71% in 2007 to 63% in 2014. And the percentages who say they pray every day, attend religious services regularly and consider religion to be very important in their lives also have ticked down by small but statistically significant margins.

The figures suggest Americans place less importance on religion than those from African and Asian countries.

Pakistan with 93 per cent and Indonesia with 95 per cent, come ahead of India in believing that religion is very important in their lives. On the other hand, France (14 per cent), Japan (11 per cent) and China (three per cent) rank the the lowest.

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