tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044850704103353185.post-53630603069163952952008-04-17T09:39:00.000-04:002008-04-17T09:39:28.157-04:00Charles Colson is the founder of Prison Fellowship and Speaker for Breakpoint radio.<br /><br /><em><strong>Notes from this session:</strong></em><br /><br />- Spurgeon said "to preach the whole truth is an awful charge."<br /><br />- Calvin said "you cannot be a Christian apart from the church."<br /><br />- A healthy church will breed a healthy culture<br /><br />- Today we've replaced truth with therapy.<br /><br />- George Barna did a survey - he asked in this survey about 13 fundamentals of the faith (directly from the Nicene Creed - nothing wacky here) - only 1% agreed with all 13<br /><br />- We are not teaching the fundamentals of the faith<br /><br />- "We cannot defend our faith, nor can we live it, if we don't know what it is"<br /><br /><em><strong>Takeaways (still processing...)</strong></em><br /><br />1. Wow. 1% agreed with all 13 - likely because they didn't understand what and why they believe. Scary. Definitely points to a need for systematic teaching of what we believe and why...<br /><br />2. "To preach the whole truth is an awful charge." Indeed. A humbling, terrifying, privilege.Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311806312162439873noreply@blogger.com