Did Tom Hollady really say this? Really?

If he did, this is a distinctly unfortunate way to make a point. See below:

“As teaching pastor Tom Holladay explains, spousal abuse should be dealt with by temporary separation and church marriage counseling designed to bring about reconciliation between the couple. But to qualify for that separation, your spouse must be in the ‘habit of beating you regularly,’ and not be simply someone who ‘grabbed you once.’”  From Christine Wicker

What’s happening among young evangelicals!!!

Blogger Sarah Burris has gathered statistics from reTHINK: Decide for Yourself, Is Student Ministry Working? by Steve Wright that paint an even grimmer picture of what’s happening among young evangelicals.

• A recent TIME Magazine article points to research that found 61 percent of the adults polled who are now in their twenties said they had participated in church activities as teens but not longer so. Some argue that young people typically drift from organized religion in early adulthood, but others say the high attrition is a sign that churches need to change the way they try to engage the next generation.
• A study from UCLA found that almost half of college students drift away from their Christian upbringing. While 52 percent of incoming students said that they regularly took part in church events, the number shrinks to 29 percent who are still involved in church activities by their junior year.
• Josh McDowell estimates, ‘over 69 percent of youth are leaving traditional church after high school.’
• LifeWay Christian Research reports, ‘The overwhelming majority of children from evangelical families are leaving the church as they enter adulthood.’
• Mark Matlock finds, ‘Depending on whose numbers you use, 58 percent – 84 percent of graduating youth from church youth groups are not returning.’
• David Wheaton, author of University of Destruction, states that ‘as many as 50 percent of Christian students say they have lost their faith after four years of college.’
• George Barna gives troubling news in his book, Real Teens: ‘Now only 33 percent of churched youth say that the church will play a part in their lives when they leave home.’
• Glenn Schultz at LifeWay Christian Resources estimates that 75 percent of young people leave church in their late teens and aren’t reconnecting later.
• Student Venture reports that about 70 percent of seniors in high school who claimed faith, stop attending church during the college years.
• Ron Luce in Battle Cry for a Generation estimates ‘88 percent of kids raised in Christian homes do not continue to follow the Lord after they graduate from high school.’
• LifeWay Research found that 70 percent of young adults ages twenty-three to thirty stopped attending church regularly for at least a year between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two.”

From http://www.christinewicker.com/?p=162#more-162

Today’s Quote 2/14/09

The earthly minded person thinks and imagines that when he prays, the important thing, that thing he must concentrate upon, is that God should hear what he is praying for. And yet in the true, eternal sense it is just the reverse: the true relation in prayer is not when God hears what is prayed for, but when the person praying continues to pray until he is the one who hears who hears what God is asking for.
–Soren Kierkegaard