Unusual Sermon Series Ideas For 2025

today we've got some suggestions for today we've got some suggestions for sermon series ideas that we think every sermon series ideas that we think every sermon series ideas that we think every church should consider for 2025 and church should consider for 2025 and church should consider for 2025 and there's just one caveat the way we there's just one caveat the way we there's just one caveat the way we generated these sermon series ideas is a generated these sermon series ideas is a generated these sermon series ideas is a bit unusual and no we didn't just ask bit unusual and no we didn't just ask bit unusual and no we didn't just ask chat GPT these sermon series ideas are chat GPT these sermon series ideas are chat GPT these sermon series ideas are biblically based versatile And Timely biblically based versatile And Timely biblically based versatile And Timely meaning irrespective of church size meaning irrespective of church size meaning irrespective of church size denomination or geography they can work denomination or geography they can work denomination or geography they can work for your ministry let's dive for your ministry let's dive for your ministry let's dive in well hey there and welcome to the pro in well hey there and welcome to the pro in well hey there and welcome to the pro Church tool show we're here to help you Church tool show we're here to help you Church tool show we're here to help you and your church navigate the biggest and your church navigate the biggest and your church navigate the biggest communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm Brady sheer your host I'm joined as Brady sheer your host I'm joined as Brady sheer your host I'm joined as always by my co-host today we're calling always by my co-host today we're calling always by my co-host today we're calling him Pastor posos it's Alexander Mill him Pastor posos it's Alexander Mill him Pastor posos it's Alexander Mill hello hello six years ago I published a hello hello six years ago I published a hello hello six years ago I published a video and blog post it was titled 12 video and blog post it was titled 12 video and blog post it was titled 12 fresh sermon series ideas and very fresh sermon series ideas and very fresh sermon series ideas and very surprisingly because I did not expect surprisingly because I did not expect surprisingly because I did not expect this it quickly got indexed in Google this it quickly got indexed in Google this it quickly got indexed in Google and YouTube it became one of our highest and YouTube it became one of our highest and YouTube it became one of our highest trafficed pages in videos which trafficed pages in videos which trafficed pages in videos which suggested to me that okay people are suggested to me that okay people are suggested to me that okay people are always searching for new sermon series always searching for new sermon series always searching for new sermon series ideas is the way that article in today's ideas is the way that article in today's ideas is the way that article in today's episode compiled ideas is a bit usual episode compiled ideas is a bit usual episode compiled ideas is a bit usual relative to how others do it and so want relative to how others do it and so want relative to how others do it and so want to explain off the top how we got to to explain off the top how we got to to explain off the top how we got to these ideas so a few big big principles these ideas so a few big big principles these ideas so a few big big principles here number one our belief is that the here number one our belief is that the here number one our belief is that the wisdom of scripture is for all people wisdom of scripture is for all people wisdom of scripture is for all people for all time so principle number two is for all time so principle number two is for all time so principle number two is for that reason sermon series ideas for that reason sermon series ideas for that reason sermon series ideas should reach deep and wide so what I should reach deep and wide so what I should reach deep and wide so what I mean by that is if you go to church and mean by that is if you go to church and mean by that is if you go to church and you have been a SE seon Christian your you have been a SE seon Christian your you have been a SE seon Christian your whole life the content in that sermon

whole life the content in that sermon whole life the content in that sermon should be relevant to you but we also should be relevant to you but we also should be relevant to you but we also believe that if you brought your believe that if you brought your believe that if you brought your neighbor to church and they had no faith neighbor to church and they had no faith neighbor to church and they had no faith background whatsoever they didn't background whatsoever they didn't background whatsoever they didn't understand anything about Jesus that at understand anything about Jesus that at understand anything about Jesus that at least for most of the sermons that they least for most of the sermons that they least for most of the sermons that they hear of course sometimes it's like oh hear of course sometimes it's like oh hear of course sometimes it's like oh like just Family Talk sure most of the like just Family Talk sure most of the like just Family Talk sure most of the time that sermon series because of the time that sermon series because of the time that sermon series because of the wisdom of scripture baked within should wisdom of scripture baked within should wisdom of scripture baked within should be accessible to them also mhm which be accessible to them also mhm which be accessible to them also mhm which leads to our third principle which is leads to our third principle which is leads to our third principle which is this the intersection of faith and this the intersection of faith and this the intersection of faith and culture is the sweet spot for these culture is the sweet spot for these culture is the sweet spot for these sermon series ideas and so the way that sermon series ideas and so the way that sermon series ideas and so the way that we've actually gathered these is by we've actually gathered these is by we've actually gathered these is by basically looking at the changing basically looking at the changing basically looking at the changing demographics uh in culture right now and demographics uh in culture right now and demographics uh in culture right now and looking at like okay how are things looking at like okay how are things looking at like okay how are things changing and being shaped in culture and changing and being shaped in culture and changing and being shaped in culture and what does the wisdom of scripture for what does the wisdom of scripture for what does the wisdom of scripture for all time for all people have to say to all time for all people have to say to all time for all people have to say to this current moment right now does that this current moment right now does that this current moment right now does that mean that every single sermon series mean that every single sermon series mean that every single sermon series idea that we're going to introduce here idea that we're going to introduce here idea that we're going to introduce here is one that you want to do in your is one that you want to do in your is one that you want to do in your church maybe not but every single sermon church maybe not but every single sermon church maybe not but every single sermon series idea we have here is something series idea we have here is something series idea we have here is something that your Church's people and the people that your Church's people and the people that your Church's people and the people all around your neighborhood are dealing all around your neighborhood are dealing all around your neighborhood are dealing with right now final caveat okay I do with right now final caveat okay I do with right now final caveat okay I do not have py sermon Series titles for you not have py sermon Series titles for you not have py sermon Series titles for you for once the pre last year last time we for once the pre last year last time we for once the pre last year last time we did this six years ago I just had one did this six years ago I just had one did this six years ago I just had one word it was like word it was like word it was like doubt so if you want to work on the doubt so if you want to work on the doubt so if you want to work on the alliteration and the fancy titles that alliteration and the fancy titles that alliteration and the fancy titles that that's going to have to be up to you I'm that's going to have to be up to you I'm that's going to have to be up to you I'm afraid at the very least like we're afraid at the very least like we're afraid at the very least like we're going to we're going to have five going to we're going to have five going to we're going to have five suggestions here but at the very least suggestions here but at the very least suggestions here but at the very least what this episode episode is going to do what this episode episode is going to do what this episode episode is going to do is give you um and Pastor I'm talking to

is give you um and Pastor I'm talking to is give you um and Pastor I'm talking to you because I am one of you I preach I you because I am one of you I preach I you because I am one of you I preach I don't don't don't know just north of 30 times a year but know just north of 30 times a year but know just north of 30 times a year but there are pastors listening pastors and there are pastors listening pastors and there are pastors listening pastors and teachers listening to this show today teachers listening to this show today teachers listening to this show today who are preaching 48 plus times a year who are preaching 48 plus times a year who are preaching 48 plus times a year and it can be it can be very easy in and it can be it can be very easy in and it can be it can be very easy in that environment knowing that as soon as that environment knowing that as soon as that environment knowing that as soon as you know the clock hits noon on Sunday you know the clock hits noon on Sunday you know the clock hits noon on Sunday or whatever the clock starts ticking or whatever the clock starts ticking or whatever the clock starts ticking again for next Sunday like there's again for next Sunday like there's again for next Sunday like there's something I need to come up with something I need to come up with something I need to come up with something to say it can be very easy to something to say it can be very easy to something to say it can be very easy to get like siloed in that creative space get like siloed in that creative space get like siloed in that creative space apart from and like disengage and apart from and like disengage and apart from and like disengage and disembody from what's going on in your disembody from what's going on in your disembody from what's going on in your community and so at the very least what community and so at the very least what community and so at the very least what this is going to give you is um a this is going to give you is um a this is going to give you is um a framework to touch on something that's framework to touch on something that's framework to touch on something that's outside of like that Silo that's easy to outside of like that Silo that's easy to outside of like that Silo that's easy to slip into and because outside of that slip into and because outside of that slip into and because outside of that Silo we're all just like living life and Silo we're all just like living life and Silo we're all just like living life and for most of our listeners we're living for most of our listeners we're living for most of our listeners we're living life in North America and so cultur life in North America and so cultur life in North America and so cultur we're experiencing a lot of the similar we're experiencing a lot of the similar we're experiencing a lot of the similar things so when folks show up to your things so when folks show up to your things so when folks show up to your church on Sundays they're living in a church on Sundays they're living in a church on Sundays they're living in a culture that you can speak into but as culture that you can speak into but as culture that you can speak into but as we're going to show you you have to know we're going to show you you have to know we're going to show you you have to know what's going on in the culture and you what's going on in the culture and you what's going on in the culture and you know our method is is empirically uh to know our method is is empirically uh to know our method is is empirically uh to be able to speak into it so at the very be able to speak into it so at the very be able to speak into it so at the very least we're going to give you a least we're going to give you a least we're going to give you a framework to kind of maybe think a framework to kind of maybe think a framework to kind of maybe think a little bit differently about like what little bit differently about like what little bit differently about like what to speak into and how to speak into it to speak into and how to speak into it to speak into and how to speak into it okay sermon series idea number one and okay sermon series idea number one and okay sermon series idea number one and I'm going to give these titles as I'm going to give these titles as I'm going to give these titles as descriptive descriptive descriptive do not use these title number one there do not use these title number one there do not use these title number one there are more singles right now than really

are more singles right now than really are more singles right now than really ever before so this comes from Pew ever before so this comes from Pew ever before so this comes from Pew research and just crazy shifting research and just crazy shifting research and just crazy shifting demographics right now at least in the demographics right now at least in the demographics right now at least in the west a whopping quarter of American west a whopping quarter of American west a whopping quarter of American 40-year-olds have never been married 40-year-olds have never been married 40-year-olds have never been married this is an all-time high again according this is an all-time high again according this is an all-time high again according to a recent Pew Research Center report to a recent Pew Research Center report to a recent Pew Research Center report and what's interesting is you might and what's interesting is you might and what's interesting is you might think okay it's because people are think okay it's because people are think okay it's because people are living together but just not getting living together but just not getting living together but just not getting married uh evidently not because air 22% married uh evidently not because air 22% married uh evidently not because air 22% are living with a romantic partner and are living with a romantic partner and are living with a romantic partner and that's according to the centers analysis that's according to the centers analysis that's according to the centers analysis of 2022 Census Bureau data from America of 2022 Census Bureau data from America of 2022 Census Bureau data from America this comes from the author Brad Wilcox this comes from the author Brad Wilcox this comes from the author Brad Wilcox who is the author of the book get who is the author of the book get who is the author of the book get married quote spoiler I think we know married quote spoiler I think we know married quote spoiler I think we know how he might feel also don't use that as how he might feel also don't use that as how he might feel also don't use that as a sermon series title right we'll get a sermon series title right we'll get a sermon series title right we'll get yeah right okay jumping ahead there yeah right okay jumping ahead there yeah right okay jumping ahead there quote marital quality is Far and Away quote marital quality is Far and Away quote marital quality is Far and Away the top predictor I have run across of the top predictor I have run across of the top predictor I have run across of Life satisfaction in America writes will Life satisfaction in America writes will Life satisfaction in America writes will when it comes to predicting overall when it comes to predicting overall when it comes to predicting overall happiness a good marriage is far more happiness a good marriage is far more happiness a good marriage is far more important than how much education you important than how much education you important than how much education you get how much money you make how much sex get how much money you make how much sex get how much money you make how much sex you have and yes even how satisfied you you have and yes even how satisfied you you have and yes even how satisfied you are with your work according to survey are with your work according to survey are with your work according to survey data from Gallup matrimony love thatc data from Gallup matrimony love thatc data from Gallup matrimony love thatc that more matrimony I did it performed a that more matrimony I did it performed a that more matrimony I did it performed a wedding last week and I'm immediately wedding last week and I'm immediately wedding last week and I'm immediately regretting not weaving in the word regretting not weaving in the word regretting not weaving in the word matrimony you didn't include matrimony matrimony you didn't include matrimony matrimony you didn't include matrimony no yikes well you'll have another chance no yikes well you'll have another chance no yikes well you'll have another chance yeah better luck next time matrimony yeah better luck next time matrimony yeah better luck next time matrimony improves every flavor of well-being you improves every flavor of well-being you improves every flavor of well-being you can think of married couples experience can think of married couples experience can think of married couples experience more enjoyment less worry less sadness more enjoyment less worry less sadness more enjoyment less worry less sadness less stress less anger and of course less stress less anger and of course less stress less anger and of course much much less loneliness if it's as if

much much less loneliness if it's as if much much less loneliness if it's as if that's not enough we've got this quote a that's not enough we've got this quote a that's not enough we've got this quote a recent analysis of the General Social recent analysis of the General Social recent analysis of the General Social Survey data found that Americans Survey data found that Americans Survey data found that Americans happiness generally declined from the happiness generally declined from the happiness generally declined from the 1970s to 2020 the author of the paper 1970s to 2020 the author of the paper 1970s to 2020 the author of the paper the University of Chicago Economist Sam the University of Chicago Economist Sam the University of Chicago Economist Sam peltzman concluded that after adjusting peltzman concluded that after adjusting peltzman concluded that after adjusting for demographics one thing explained for demographics one thing explained for demographics one thing explained most of the recent decline in overall most of the recent decline in overall most of the recent decline in overall happiness the happiness the happiness the decline of marriage and then finally decline of marriage and then finally decline of marriage and then finally Robert wall Dinger and Mark Schultz Robert wall Dinger and Mark Schultz Robert wall Dinger and Mark Schultz these are the directors and associate these are the directors and associate these are the directors and associate director of the Harvard study of adult director of the Harvard study of adult director of the Harvard study of adult development which probably you've heard development which probably you've heard development which probably you've heard about this is the longest study ever on about this is the longest study ever on about this is the longest study ever on adult uh happiness so they published a adult uh happiness so they published a adult uh happiness so they published a book it was called The Good Life in book it was called The Good Life in book it was called The Good Life in which they proposed that the most which they proposed that the most which they proposed that the most important predictor of lifelong important predictor of lifelong important predictor of lifelong well-being was Social Fitness their term well-being was Social Fitness their term well-being was Social Fitness their term for the quality of relationships in our for the quality of relationships in our for the quality of relationships in our lives across family friends and lives across family friends and lives across family friends and community so changing demographics community so changing demographics community so changing demographics people getting married way way less now people getting married way way less now people getting married way way less now delicately there are a couple of delicately there are a couple of delicately there are a couple of different places that you can take this different places that you can take this different places that you can take this with the sermon series number one with the sermon series number one with the sermon series number one obviously observing and pointing to the obviously observing and pointing to the obviously observing and pointing to the fact that the Bible has certain things fact that the Bible has certain things fact that the Bible has certain things to say about marriage and thinks that to say about marriage and thinks that to say about marriage and thinks that marriage is a great thing also pointing marriage is a great thing also pointing marriage is a great thing also pointing to the Apostle Paul at the very least to the Apostle Paul at the very least to the Apostle Paul at the very least has certain things to say about not has certain things to say about not has certain things to say about not getting married and how that also is to getting married and how that also is to getting married and how that also is to be admired and perhaps even like chased be admired and perhaps even like chased be admired and perhaps even like chased after 100% Jesus Christ also had after 100% Jesus Christ also had after 100% Jesus Christ also had something to say about that too who something to say about that too who something to say about that too who Jesus Christ understood so Carpenter Jesus Christ understood so Carpenter Jesus Christ understood so Carpenter from NZ historically we've had some like

from NZ historically we've had some like from NZ historically we've had some like troubles here because we've been like troubles here because we've been like troubles here because we've been like the Apostle Paul was like definitely the Apostle Paul was like definitely the Apostle Paul was like definitely don't get married but like everyone in don't get married but like everyone in don't get married but like everyone in church is always married so this is kind church is always married so this is kind church is always married so this is kind of interesting like maybe for the first of interesting like maybe for the first of interesting like maybe for the first time that's not true and I think what's time that's not true and I think what's time that's not true and I think what's also very very true and this gets to also very very true and this gets to also very very true and this gets to that final uh piece of data that we that final uh piece of data that we that final uh piece of data that we cited from the director an associate cited from the director an associate cited from the director an associate director of that longest running study director of that longest running study director of that longest running study ever on adult happiness is Social ever on adult happiness is Social ever on adult happiness is Social Fitness so yes marriage is outstanding Fitness so yes marriage is outstanding Fitness so yes marriage is outstanding for companionship and for staving off for companionship and for staving off for companionship and for staving off loneliness because you have this loneliness because you have this loneliness because you have this lifelong partner but what's also true is lifelong partner but what's also true is lifelong partner but what's also true is that the church at its best is meant to that the church at its best is meant to that the church at its best is meant to exist as a place where you can find exist as a place where you can find exist as a place where you can find family and you can find community and family and you can find community and family and you can find community and Social Fitness in a world that more and Social Fitness in a world that more and Social Fitness in a world that more and more and more is lacking in it we talked more and more is lacking in it we talked more and more is lacking in it we talked about this on a recent episode talking about this on a recent episode talking about this on a recent episode talking about the rise of singleness in our about the rise of singleness in our about the rise of singleness in our culture and then so by extension in our culture and then so by extension in our culture and then so by extension in our church communities and so at the very church communities and so at the very church communities and so at the very least this this serves to to educate Us least this this serves to to educate Us least this this serves to to educate Us in the fact that as preachers as in the fact that as preachers as in the fact that as preachers as teachers looking out into our teachers looking out into our teachers looking out into our congregation we are looking at more congregation we are looking at more congregation we are looking at more singles in the room than ever before and singles in the room than ever before and singles in the room than ever before and so that should inform what we teach and so that should inform what we teach and so that should inform what we teach and how we teach that that shouldn't censor how we teach that that shouldn't censor how we teach that that shouldn't censor what we choose to say about marriage and what we choose to say about marriage and what we choose to say about marriage and how we celebrate marriage but it should how we celebrate marriage but it should how we celebrate marriage but it should um lead us in a Direction to start um lead us in a Direction to start um lead us in a Direction to start incorporating and and like the Apostle incorporating and and like the Apostle incorporating and and like the Apostle Paul um glorifying a life of singleness Paul um glorifying a life of singleness Paul um glorifying a life of singleness too because that has Merit in the too because that has Merit in the too because that has Merit in the kingdom of God as well and in my church

kingdom of God as well and in my church kingdom of God as well and in my church experience I'll speak for myself now experience I'll speak for myself now experience I'll speak for myself now that has not been the story that's been that has not been the story that's been that has not been the story that's been told the story's been like get married told the story's been like get married told the story's been like get married have kids do the thing and like I've have kids do the thing and like I've have kids do the thing and like I've read a book like that yeah like that's read a book like that yeah like that's read a book like that yeah like that's part of the story for sure it's a great part of the story for sure it's a great part of the story for sure it's a great part of the story and that teaches us part of the story and that teaches us part of the story and that teaches us about how God relates to us and God about how God relates to us and God about how God relates to us and God relates to the world for sure um but we relates to the world for sure um but we relates to the world for sure um but we also follow like a a a single celibate also follow like a a a single celibate also follow like a a a single celibate um Jew a king of the Jews and so um Jew a king of the Jews and so um Jew a king of the Jews and so singleness can also teach us about how singleness can also teach us about how singleness can also teach us about how God relates to ourselves and the world God relates to ourselves and the world God relates to ourselves and the world and so we can feel the tide turning a and so we can feel the tide turning a and so we can feel the tide turning a little bit um and if we haven't felt it little bit um and if we haven't felt it little bit um and if we haven't felt it then I at least maybe today on this show then I at least maybe today on this show then I at least maybe today on this show we're hearing it for the first time we we're hearing it for the first time we we're hearing it for the first time we can see Pro by data okay there are more can see Pro by data okay there are more can see Pro by data okay there are more singles in our churches now more than singles in our churches now more than singles in our churches now more than ever before how should that impact how ever before how should that impact how ever before how should that impact how we talk about human relationship and how we talk about human relationship and how we talk about human relationship and how we organize and to what you're saying we organize and to what you're saying we organize and to what you're saying about social Fitness how we organize and about social Fitness how we organize and about social Fitness how we organize and cultivate different types of Human cultivate different types of Human cultivate different types of Human Relationships in the family of God in Relationships in the family of God in Relationships in the family of God in our church community so I think if our church community so I think if our church community so I think if you're developing a sermon series around you're developing a sermon series around you're developing a sermon series around this big idea there are a number of this big idea there are a number of this big idea there are a number of really valuable things that you can gain really valuable things that you can gain really valuable things that you can gain number one you can basically speak to number one you can basically speak to number one you can basically speak to culture and say Hey you might be culture and say Hey you might be culture and say Hey you might be observing this in culture church and observing this in culture church and observing this in culture church and outside of the church the reason we know outside of the church the reason we know outside of the church the reason we know people are choosing not to get married people are choosing not to get married people are choosing not to get married has a lot to do with like hey I don't has a lot to do with like hey I don't has a lot to do with like hey I don't know if I'm like really ready or able to know if I'm like really ready or able to know if I'm like really ready or able to commit to somebody else in that way and commit to somebody else in that way and commit to somebody else in that way and you can say here's what the Bible says you can say here's what the Bible says you can say here's what the Bible says about lifelong commitment in marriage about lifelong commitment in marriage about lifelong commitment in marriage and why it's awesome okay this is a and why it's awesome okay this is a and why it's awesome okay this is a different narrative than what you might different narrative than what you might different narrative than what you might hear outside of the church and outside

hear outside of the church and outside hear outside of the church and outside of scripture what you can also then say of scripture what you can also then say of scripture what you can also then say is hey if you are living a life of sing is hey if you are living a life of sing is hey if you are living a life of sing because it's coming it's becoming more because it's coming it's becoming more because it's coming it's becoming more and more popular here's what the Bible and more popular here's what the Bible and more popular here's what the Bible says about that and why it's awesome says about that and why it's awesome says about that and why it's awesome what you can also say is hey if we're what you can also say is hey if we're what you can also say is hey if we're not seeing more and more singles in our not seeing more and more singles in our not seeing more and more singles in our church what that probably means is our church what that probably means is our church what that probably means is our church is becoming even less and less church is becoming even less and less church is becoming even less and less like the neighborhoods around us what like the neighborhoods around us what like the neighborhoods around us what does that maybe mean about us and then does that maybe mean about us and then does that maybe mean about us and then finally speaking about the changing finally speaking about the changing finally speaking about the changing demographics not everyone knows this is demographics not everyone knows this is demographics not everyone knows this is happening perhaps you're listening and happening perhaps you're listening and happening perhaps you're listening and you're like I actually had no idea that you're like I actually had no idea that you're like I actually had no idea that was true because like in my space was true because like in my space was true because like in my space everyone's married like do you know how everyone's married like do you know how everyone's married like do you know how many singles I know I know a couple but many singles I know I know a couple but many singles I know I know a couple but most of my friends are are married uh most of my friends are are married uh most of my friends are are married uh because we're in the church space where because we're in the church space where because we're in the church space where perhaps disproportionately more people perhaps disproportionately more people perhaps disproportionately more people are married relative to the general are married relative to the general are married relative to the general population so then just highlighting population so then just highlighting population so then just highlighting this data can be extremely useful for this data can be extremely useful for this data can be extremely useful for people in your congregation because then people in your congregation because then people in your congregation because then when they go out they're actually aware when they go out they're actually aware when they go out they're actually aware of it and so when they see it one of it and so when they see it one of it and so when they see it one they're picking up on it intentionally they're picking up on it intentionally they're picking up on it intentionally because oh yeah we talked about that because oh yeah we talked about that because oh yeah we talked about that that actually makes sense that we're that actually makes sense that we're that actually makes sense that we're seeing more of this it doesn't come as a seeing more of this it doesn't come as a seeing more of this it doesn't come as a surprise and now they can actually surprise and now they can actually surprise and now they can actually minister to those people in a better way minister to those people in a better way minister to those people in a better way because they actually can see them MH so because they actually can see them MH so because they actually can see them MH so number one uh more singles fewer number one uh more singles fewer number one uh more singles fewer marriages number two fewer parents who marriages number two fewer parents who marriages number two fewer parents who could have seen it could have seen it could have seen it coming I am shocked the US birth rate coming I am shocked the US birth rate coming I am shocked the US birth rate languishes at what is being described as languishes at what is being described as languishes at what is being described as its lowest level in history wow the its lowest level in history wow the its lowest level in history wow the simple explanation of course Dove simple explanation of course Dove simple explanation of course Dove tailing off the previous sermon series tailing off the previous sermon series tailing off the previous sermon series idea is that you run run one right into idea is that you run run one right into idea is that you run run one right into the next mapping out the year 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October October November here's what's interesting it November here's what's interesting it November here's what's interesting it cannot be as easily defined and cannot be as easily defined and cannot be as easily defined and explained as yeah people aren't getting explained as yeah people aren't getting explained as yeah people aren't getting married so of course they're not having married so of course they're not having married so of course they're not having kids so this comes from the Washington kids so this comes from the Washington kids so this comes from the Washington Post quote for now we can tell you that Post quote for now we can tell you that Post quote for now we can tell you that marriage rates have steadily declined marriage rates have steadily declined marriage rates have steadily declined and unmarried folks are less likely to and unmarried folks are less likely to and unmarried folks are less likely to have kids Millennials were also late to have kids Millennials were also late to have kids Millennials were also late to home ownership which also made it harder home ownership which also made it harder home ownership which also made it harder to start families but neither of those to start families but neither of those to start families but neither of those things offers a full explanation because things offers a full explanation because things offers a full explanation because that's what we hear right well no one's that's what we hear right well no one's that's what we hear right well no one's buying homes and no one's getting buying homes and no one's getting buying homes and no one's getting married so of course no one is having married so of course no one is having married so of course no one is having kids well is there something else at kids well is there something else at kids well is there something else at play both married and unmarried play both married and unmarried play both married and unmarried Americans have shifted toward Americans have shifted toward Americans have shifted toward childlessness in the millennial era and childlessness in the millennial era and childlessness in the millennial era and levels of childlessness have actually levels of childlessness have actually levels of childlessness have actually accelerated among Millennials even as accelerated among Millennials even as accelerated among Millennials even as their home ownership rates have recently their home ownership rates have recently their home ownership rates have recently grown so Millennials finally get in grown so Millennials finally get in grown so Millennials finally get in their homes yes and they're still not their homes yes and they're still not their homes yes and they're still not having kids filling them up there's a having kids filling them up there's a having kids filling them up there's a graph here that you can see on their graph here that you can see on their graph here that you can see on their house poor they can't afford it they got house poor they can't afford it they got house poor they can't afford it they got their house look we got to choose house their house look we got to choose house their house look we got to choose house or babies yes so there's this graph here or babies yes so there's this graph here or babies yes so there's this graph here that comes from the Census bureau's Uh that comes from the Census bureau's Uh that comes from the Census bureau's Uh current population survey fertility current population survey fertility current population survey fertility supplement that is a long title uh this supplement that is a long title uh this supplement that is a long title uh this was sourced from The Washington Post but was sourced from The Washington Post but was sourced from The Washington Post but it's from the Census Bureau and it's from the Census Bureau and it's from the Census Bureau and basically what you can see is this big basically what you can see is this big basically what you can see is this big spike in households that are zero child spike in households that are zero child spike in households that are zero child families it's all the way up at 35% if families it's all the way up at 35% if families it's all the way up at 35% if you go back to 1975 it was sitting you go back to 1975 it was sitting you go back to 1975 it was sitting around 27% and it starts its climb around 27% and it starts its climb around 27% and it starts its climb around 2010 right so who can like around 2010 right so who can like around 2010 right so who can like upwards and to the right you that's upwards and to the right you that's upwards and to the right you that's right and me well not us specifically we right and me well not us specifically we right and me well not us specifically we both have two we both procreated yeah

both have two we both procreated yeah both have two we both procreated yeah although if you look at the exactly the although if you look at the exactly the although if you look at the exactly the same point that zero child families go same point that zero child families go same point that zero child families go up two child families go down yes what up two child families go down yes what up two child families go down yes what stays steady one one mhm basically No stays steady one one mhm basically No stays steady one one mhm basically No One Believes and this is sourced in One Believes and this is sourced in One Believes and this is sourced in that one child families is the ideal and that one child families is the ideal and that one child families is the ideal and it stayed steady like all the way it stayed steady like all the way it stayed steady like all the way through 1985 and Beyond like a about 20% through 1985 and Beyond like a about 20% through 1985 and Beyond like a about 20% of families will have one child but that of families will have one child but that of families will have one child but that stayed steady zero way up two way down stayed steady zero way up two way down stayed steady zero way up two way down so what can we glean from this well this so what can we glean from this well this so what can we glean from this well this is also from The Washington Post quote is also from The Washington Post quote is also from The Washington Post quote hammered by the Great Recession soaring hammered by the Great Recession soaring hammered by the Great Recession soaring student debt precarious gig employment student debt precarious gig employment student debt precarious gig employment skyrocketing home prices and ever heard skyrocketing home prices and ever heard skyrocketing home prices and ever heard of it the covid-19 crisis ah jeez the of it the covid-19 crisis ah jeez the of it the covid-19 crisis ah jeez the Millennials probably faced more economic Millennials probably faced more economic Millennials probably faced more economic headwinds in their childbearing years headwinds in their childbearing years headwinds in their childbearing years than any other generation and this is than any other generation and this is than any other generation and this is what's really supposed to be useful what's really supposed to be useful what's really supposed to be useful about this podcast I don't have as many about this podcast I don't have as many about this podcast I don't have as many answers on this specific sermon series answers on this specific sermon series answers on this specific sermon series kind of idea like okay fewer parents and kind of idea like okay fewer parents and kind of idea like okay fewer parents and we're not necessarily even trying to we're not necessarily even trying to we're not necessarily even trying to give you the answers I mean you're the give you the answers I mean you're the give you the answers I mean you're the preacher presumably you are the one that preacher presumably you are the one that preacher presumably you are the one that can extract from the scriptures and can extract from the scriptures and can extract from the scriptures and point to okay if we're having fewer point to okay if we're having fewer point to okay if we're having fewer children what does that mean if the children what does that mean if the children what does that mean if the people around us are having fewer people around us are having fewer people around us are having fewer children what does that mean if children children what does that mean if children children what does that mean if children being brought into this world is being brought into this world is being brought into this world is becoming more difficult that is probably becoming more difficult that is probably becoming more difficult that is probably true for people that are having children true for people that are having children true for people that are having children and not having children so what can the and not having children so what can the and not having children so what can the church do to help with that it's more church do to help with that it's more church do to help with that it's more about these are the changing about these are the changing about these are the changing demographics and then it's like okay demographics and then it's like okay demographics and then it's like okay wisdom of scripture all time all people wisdom of scripture all time all people wisdom of scripture all time all people what can it say to that and then we as

what can it say to that and then we as what can it say to that and then we as the church what is our mission and how the church what is our mission and how the church what is our mission and how can we meet people in this you you you can we meet people in this you you you can we meet people in this you you you just said it you and I both have two just said it you and I both have two just said it you and I both have two kids we've we we just had our our second kids we've we we just had our our second kids we've we we just had our our second born and we're done now and when we have born and we're done now and when we have born and we're done now and when we have that conversation with folks in our um that conversation with folks in our um that conversation with folks in our um in our space like usually the things the in our space like usually the things the in our space like usually the things the thing that comes up is like oh like we thing that comes up is like oh like we thing that comes up is like oh like we we can't afford to have more and that's we can't afford to have more and that's we can't afford to have more and that's like that's not just like that's not like that's not just like that's not like that's not just like that's not just a script that I'm I'm repeating just a script that I'm I'm repeating just a script that I'm I'm repeating like that's just the economic truth and like that's just the economic truth and like that's just the economic truth and so that's our truth that's where we live so that's our truth that's where we live so that's our truth that's where we live here in Niagara that's so you you cannot here in Niagara that's so you you cannot here in Niagara that's so you you cannot economically afford to have more right I economically afford to have more right I economically afford to have more right I emotionally cannot afford to have more emotionally cannot afford to have more emotionally cannot afford to have more yes yes there's that too physically I yes yes there's that too physically I yes yes there's that too physically I don't know if I can afford that not even don't know if I can afford that not even don't know if I can afford that not even birthing these kids and I'm confident my birthing these kids and I'm confident my birthing these kids and I'm confident my LDL levels yeah and me and my wife we LDL levels yeah and me and my wife we LDL levels yeah and me and my wife we both work fulltime and so like that's both work fulltime and so like that's both work fulltime and so like that's our situation and so at the very least our situation and so at the very least our situation and so at the very least with this one specifically just with this one specifically just with this one specifically just presenting this this data and having it presenting this this data and having it presenting this this data and having it in in in our social lexicon when we look at into our social lexicon when we look at into our social lexicon when we look at into our communities surely will be helpful our communities surely will be helpful our communities surely will be helpful for again all of these things are going for again all of these things are going for again all of these things are going to come back to how we talk about what to come back to how we talk about what to come back to how we talk about what we talk about and what we choose to talk we talk about and what we choose to talk we talk about and what we choose to talk about at all social lexicon matrimony so about at all social lexicon matrimony so about at all social lexicon matrimony so my youngest 2 years old just entering my youngest 2 years old just entering my youngest 2 years old just entering the toddler face and has become um our the toddler face and has become um our the toddler face and has become um our first didn't have Tantrums she was first didn't have Tantrums she was first didn't have Tantrums she was extremely strong willed but no Tantrums extremely strong willed but no Tantrums extremely strong willed but no Tantrums this second one is like a tantrum little this second one is like a tantrum little this second one is like a tantrum little girl I'm like this is crazy she she'll girl I'm like this is crazy she she'll girl I'm like this is crazy she she'll just takes Lego she's like I hate it just takes Lego she's like I hate it just takes Lego she's like I hate it she's the sweetest so that's why the she's the sweetest so that's why the she's the sweetest so that's why the Tantrums are so funny when they happen Tantrums are so funny when they happen Tantrums are so funny when they happen um but my wife is beginning to mourn the

um but my wife is beginning to mourn the um but my wife is beginning to mourn the exiting of the baby stage she's the type exiting of the baby stage she's the type exiting of the baby stage she's the type of mother that like she just always of mother that like she just always of mother that like she just always wants them to be in the baby stage and wants them to be in the baby stage and wants them to be in the baby stage and so she's kind of like I mean a third and so she's kind of like I mean a third and so she's kind of like I mean a third and I'm like no no like no like neither of I'm like no no like no like neither of I'm like no no like no like neither of us want this and then I'll ask her like us want this and then I'll ask her like us want this and then I'll ask her like like an hour later she's like definitely like an hour later she's like definitely like an hour later she's like definitely not definitely not so this is not like not definitely not so this is not like not definitely not so this is not like her and I trying to like deliberate her and I trying to like deliberate her and I trying to like deliberate we're clear on this but our problem is we're clear on this but our problem is we're clear on this but our problem is like we'll get stuck on like a name and like we'll get stuck on like a name and like we'll get stuck on like a name and we'll be like well we got to name we'll be like well we got to name we'll be like well we got to name something so so so the name that Brit something so so so the name that Brit something so so so the name that Brit likes really now is Sunday so Sunday likes really now is Sunday so Sunday likes really now is Sunday so Sunday sheerer this week a family in our church sheerer this week a family in our church sheerer this week a family in our church named their daughter Sunday so like now named their daughter Sunday so like now named their daughter Sunday so like now we're set we don't need to because it we're set we don't need to because it we're set we don't need to because it already exists but there's another already exists but there's another already exists but there's another person in our company that's pregnant person in our company that's pregnant person in our company that's pregnant and we're trying to push them to name and we're trying to push them to name and we're trying to push them to name their Su because they a their Su because they a their Su because they a nameen and my wife has this uh this nameen and my wife has this uh this nameen and my wife has this uh this Knack of guing names of babies before Knack of guing names of babies before Knack of guing names of babies before they're born and so she was like these they're born and so she was like these they're born and so she was like these are my names and one of them was Sunday are my names and one of them was Sunday are my names and one of them was Sunday which turned out to be incorrect but which turned out to be incorrect but which turned out to be incorrect but then once mom heard it mom was like then once mom heard it mom was like then once mom heard it mom was like Sunday and dad was like no we're not Sunday and dad was like no we're not Sunday and dad was like no we're not going with Sunday and then we were all going with Sunday and then we were all going with Sunday and then we were all like Sunday Sunday how charitable for like Sunday Sunday how charitable for like Sunday Sunday how charitable for you to give it away oh right like that's you to give it away oh right like that's you to give it away oh right like that's you know Seinfeld episode famously you know Seinfeld episode famously you know Seinfeld episode famously George not able to give away the name George not able to give away the name George not able to give away the name that he's chosen seven which is kind of that he's chosen seven which is kind of that he's chosen seven which is kind of in the same category as Sunday as like a in the same category as Sunday as like a in the same category as Sunday as like a number or a date or a flower oh sure number or a date or a flower oh sure number or a date or a flower oh sure yeah sure all right moving on okay it's yeah sure all right moving on okay it's yeah sure all right moving on okay it's been pretty light so far what about the been pretty light so far what about the been pretty light so far what about the gender war with Gen Z now you could go gender war with Gen Z now you could go gender war with Gen Z now you could go with just the gender War as the sermon with just the gender War as the sermon with just the gender War as the sermon series title seron series title that's

series title seron series title that's series title seron series title that's going to get people coming to church or going to get people coming to church or going to get people coming to church or at least streaming online yeah the at least streaming online yeah the at least streaming online yeah the gender War okay so this all comes from gender War okay so this all comes from gender War okay so this all comes from the New York Times quote though women the New York Times quote though women the New York Times quote though women are more likely than men to support KLA are more likely than men to support KLA are more likely than men to support KLA harrris over Donald Trump in every age harrris over Donald Trump in every age harrris over Donald Trump in every age group The Gap is biggest among the group The Gap is biggest among the group The Gap is biggest among the younger voters for example if you're younger voters for example if you're younger voters for example if you're between the ages of 30 and 40 like Alex between the ages of 30 and 40 like Alex between the ages of 30 and 40 like Alex and I there is roughly a 30 point gap and I there is roughly a 30 point gap and I there is roughly a 30 point gap between men and women in their support between men and women in their support between men and women in their support of each candidate for ages 45 to 64 of each candidate for ages 45 to 64 of each candidate for ages 45 to 64 there's a 20 point gap for those 65 plus there's a 20 point gap for those 65 plus there's a 20 point gap for those 65 plus a 30 point gap for the ages of 18 to 29 a 30 point gap for the ages of 18 to 29 a 30 point gap for the ages of 18 to 29 it is a 50 point gap so the just just it is a 50 point gap so the just just it is a 50 point gap so the just just just call colossal caving gap between just call colossal caving gap between just call colossal caving gap between men and women on their support of a cand men and women on their support of a cand men and women on their support of a cand call that statistically call that statistically call that statistically significant quote economically they're significant quote economically they're significant quote economically they're getting shafted this is about men getting shafted this is about men getting shafted this is about men politically they're getting shafted politically they're getting shafted politically they're getting shafted culturally no one's looking out for them culturally no one's looking out for them culturally no one's looking out for them this comes from Daniel A Cox the this comes from Daniel A Cox the this comes from Daniel A Cox the director of the survey Center on director of the survey Center on director of the survey Center on American Life at the American Enterprise American Life at the American Enterprise American Life at the American Enterprise Institute that's a lot of like words Institute that's a lot of like words Institute that's a lot of like words that okay basically as he's saying a lot that okay basically as he's saying a lot that okay basically as he's saying a lot of young men feel like culture has no of young men feel like culture has no of young men feel like culture has no place for them and that's why they're D place for them and that's why they're D place for them and that's why they're D at Donald Trump certain candidates at Donald Trump certain candidates at Donald Trump certain candidates what's fascinating here is and a little what's fascinating here is and a little what's fascinating here is and a little disturbing is this like Gap that's ever disturbing is this like Gap that's ever disturbing is this like Gap that's ever widening and what that might mean for widening and what that might mean for widening and what that might mean for culture as gen Z you know enters their culture as gen Z you know enters their culture as gen Z you know enters their 30s and 40s and enters beyond that like 30s and 40s and enters beyond that like 30s and 40s and enters beyond that like I I'm actually really fascinated um as a I I'm actually really fascinated um as a I I'm actually really fascinated um as a thought exercise at the very least thought exercise at the very least thought exercise at the very least because again it maybe is a bit

because again it maybe is a bit because again it maybe is a bit disturbing to think about like husbands disturbing to think about like husbands disturbing to think about like husbands and wives men and women like completely and wives men and women like completely and wives men and women like completely seeing things differently in that way seeing things differently in that way seeing things differently in that way but again this is new like there's this but again this is new like there's this but again this is new like there's this belief that like oh yeah you a cross belief that like oh yeah you a cross belief that like oh yeah you a cross generational it's not it's not that generational it's not it's not that generational it's not it's not that different like no no here is a different like no no here is a different like no no here is a demonstrable very strong difference and demonstrable very strong difference and demonstrable very strong difference and of course the Bible has plenty to say of course the Bible has plenty to say of course the Bible has plenty to say about gender it has plenty to say about about gender it has plenty to say about about gender it has plenty to say about faith communities where we might believe faith communities where we might believe faith communities where we might believe very differently and and how can we stay very differently and and how can we stay very differently and and how can we stay in lock step in the spirit when we do in lock step in the spirit when we do in lock step in the spirit when we do have differing beliefs yeah it has a lot have differing beliefs yeah it has a lot have differing beliefs yeah it has a lot to say even just about identity that to say even just about identity that to say even just about identity that transcends gender which is like where we transcends gender which is like where we transcends gender which is like where we find our identity where we receive it find our identity where we receive it find our identity where we receive it from um in in Christ and being bound up from um in in Christ and being bound up from um in in Christ and being bound up in Christ and clothed in Christ um I in Christ and clothed in Christ um I in Christ and clothed in Christ um I would be I would have been curious to would be I would have been curious to would be I would have been curious to know um what the what the gender gap know um what the what the gender gap know um what the what the gender gap would have looked like for and and I would have looked like for and and I would have looked like for and and I guess maybe we could look back at the guess maybe we could look back at the guess maybe we could look back at the previous election to see this but what a previous election to see this but what a previous election to see this but what a a a male versus male candidate would a a male versus male candidate would a a male versus male candidate would have looked like like a a Joe Biden have looked like like a a Joe Biden have looked like like a a Joe Biden versus um Donald Trump and whether so versus um Donald Trump and whether so versus um Donald Trump and whether so whether this is indicative of a whether this is indicative of a whether this is indicative of a democratic versus Republican split or a democratic versus Republican split or a democratic versus Republican split or a female candidate in vice president female candidate in vice president female candidate in vice president Harris towards a male candidate in Harris towards a male candidate in Harris towards a male candidate in former president Trump um that would be former president Trump um that would be former president Trump um that would be curious to know but here's the thing curious to know but here's the thing curious to know but here's the thing about politics is politics is so about politics is politics is so about politics is politics is so visceral um and it is so polarized that visceral um and it is so polarized that visceral um and it is so polarized that a lot of what we think about politics is a lot of what we think about politics is a lot of what we think about politics is feelings based and that's that's stoked feelings based and that's that's stoked feelings based and that's that's stoked by um media it's stoked by campaigns

by um media it's stoked by campaigns by um media it's stoked by campaigns it's stoked by just a cultural it's stoked by just a cultural it's stoked by just a cultural conversation right because it is very conversation right because it is very conversation right because it is very well proven that people vote with their well proven that people vote with their well proven that people vote with their heart and not their head and so once heart and not their head and so once heart and not their head and so once that's known when you have Stakes as that's known when you have Stakes as that's known when you have Stakes as high as choosing the next president of high as choosing the next president of high as choosing the next president of the United States like okay this is what the United States like okay this is what the United States like okay this is what works spam that until it just marketing works spam that until it just marketing works spam that until it just marketing right and so we have feelings about what right and so we have feelings about what right and so we have feelings about what we believe about people's leanings we believe about people's leanings we believe about people's leanings political leanings and stuff but when we political leanings and stuff but when we political leanings and stuff but when we take the feelings out of it and we look take the feelings out of it and we look take the feelings out of it and we look empirically at data which is why this is empirically at data which is why this is empirically at data which is why this is so helpful we can see things for what so helpful we can see things for what so helpful we can see things for what they are and you look at a graph like they are and you look at a graph like they are and you look at a graph like this which if you're watching the show this which if you're watching the show this which if you're watching the show on YouTube you would have seen it you'll on YouTube you would have seen it you'll on YouTube you would have seen it you'll see like oh there's something very see like oh there's something very see like oh there's something very informative about this information that informative about this information that informative about this information that I wouldn't have been able to discern I wouldn't have been able to discern I wouldn't have been able to discern with just my feelings but now that I see with just my feelings but now that I see with just my feelings but now that I see it now I look at the young men in my it now I look at the young men in my it now I look at the young men in my congregation much differently now I look congregation much differently now I look congregation much differently now I look at them and see oh they're looking for at them and see oh they're looking for at them and see oh they're looking for identity they're looking for someone to identity they're looking for someone to identity they're looking for someone to be on their team they're looking for be on their team they're looking for be on their team they're looking for someone to teach them how to be a man someone to teach them how to be a man someone to teach them how to be a man and that surely should influence again and that surely should influence again and that surely should influence again our programming our our worship our U our programming our our worship our U our programming our our worship our U volunteer opportunities our care every volunteer opportunities our care every volunteer opportunities our care every time you sit down with someone of that time you sit down with someone of that time you sit down with someone of that age exactly now you're equipped now you age exactly now you're equipped now you age exactly now you're equipped now you know so that's why data like this is so know so that's why data like this is so know so that's why data like this is so important to point at the thing without important to point at the thing without important to point at the thing without the feelings involved because we all the feelings involved because we all the feelings involved because we all feel what we feel but to take that away feel what we feel but to take that away feel what we feel but to take that away and actually see this for what it is and actually see this for what it is and actually see this for what it is it's like man that really gives that's a it's like man that really gives that's a it's like man that really gives that's a like a a really important arrow in our like a a really important arrow in our like a a really important arrow in our quiver to speak to what's going on in quiver to speak to what's going on in quiver to speak to what's going on in our churches and in culture abroad yeah our churches and in culture abroad yeah our churches and in culture abroad yeah and if your church

and if your church and if your church specifically has men and women that boys specifically has men and women that boys specifically has men and women that boys and girls that like believe a lot more and girls that like believe a lot more and girls that like believe a lot more in Step than outside of culture then the in Step than outside of culture then the in Step than outside of culture then the question you have to ask yourself is question you have to ask yourself is question you have to ask yourself is okay what media influences are my boys okay what media influences are my boys okay what media influences are my boys and men listening to and what are the and men listening to and what are the and men listening to and what are the friends in their life outside of the friends in their life outside of the friends in their life outside of the church believing because like if men and church believing because like if men and church believing because like if men and women are starting to believe like very women are starting to believe like very women are starting to believe like very different things and I've also heard it different things and I've also heard it different things and I've also heard it described uh by Derrick Thompson who described uh by Derrick Thompson who described uh by Derrick Thompson who writes for the Atlantic and has a great writes for the Atlantic and has a great writes for the Atlantic and has a great podcast podcast podcast called I'm not sure plain English okay called I'm not sure plain English okay called I'm not sure plain English okay he talks about how it's not necessarily he talks about how it's not necessarily he talks about how it's not necessarily like boys vote for Trump and girls vote like boys vote for Trump and girls vote like boys vote for Trump and girls vote for kamla it's also uh what you believe for kamla it's also uh what you believe for kamla it's also uh what you believe about gender not necessarily the gender about gender not necessarily the gender about gender not necessarily the gender you are and so in church maybe the you are and so in church maybe the you are and so in church maybe the beliefs about gender are a lot more um beliefs about gender are a lot more um beliefs about gender are a lot more um similar than different but if you're a similar than different but if you're a similar than different but if you're a young man and you know that like pretty young man and you know that like pretty young man and you know that like pretty much every woman I talk to like there's much every woman I talk to like there's much every woman I talk to like there's always like this tension that exists always like this tension that exists always like this tension that exists between us that maybe didn't exist for between us that maybe didn't exist for between us that maybe didn't exist for our age group because like they assume I our age group because like they assume I our age group because like they assume I believe this about abortion they assume believe this about abortion they assume believe this about abortion they assume I believe this about gender they assume I believe this about gender they assume I believe this about gender they assume I believe this about and then if you're I believe this about and then if you're I believe this about and then if you're always on your back foot feeling like I always on your back foot feeling like I always on your back foot feeling like I don't belong in culture nobody's looking don't belong in culture nobody's looking don't belong in culture nobody's looking out for me everyone is looking out for out for me everyone is looking out for out for me everyone is looking out for the opposite sex yeah how does that then the opposite sex yeah how does that then the opposite sex yeah how does that then shape who you're becoming in the shape who you're becoming in the shape who you're becoming in the adolescence and young adult years that adolescence and young adult years that adolescence and young adult years that are so so formative even before your are so so formative even before your are so so formative even before your prefrontal cortex is fully cemented prefrontal cortex is fully cemented prefrontal cortex is fully cemented you're already making decisions about you're already making decisions about you're already making decisions about this is how I have to behave if I'm this is how I have to behave if I'm this is how I have to behave if I'm always on my back foot maybe that always on my back foot maybe that always on my back foot maybe that testosterone starts like pumping up a testosterone starts like pumping up a testosterone starts like pumping up a little bit higher fine I just fight with

little bit higher fine I just fight with little bit higher fine I just fight with everybody that's kind of my everybody that's kind of my everybody that's kind of my predisposition because I've been told my predisposition because I've been told my predisposition because I've been told my whole life implicitly or explicitly whole life implicitly or explicitly whole life implicitly or explicitly you're you know you're thoughts are so you're you know you're thoughts are so you're you know you're thoughts are so stupid I can't believe that you believe stupid I can't believe that you believe stupid I can't believe that you believe that it's so strange that you would that it's so strange that you would that it's so strange that you would think that this part about you is okay think that this part about you is okay think that this part about you is okay because it's actually awful all of these because it's actually awful all of these because it's actually awful all of these things and this is why having a broader things and this is why having a broader things and this is why having a broader conversation about this in church like conversation about this in church like conversation about this in church like what it can also Foster is empathy what it can also Foster is empathy what it can also Foster is empathy because people start to realize oh because people start to realize oh because people start to realize oh that's why sometimes young men act that that's why sometimes young men act that that's why sometimes young men act that way interesting okay like let's work on way interesting okay like let's work on way interesting okay like let's work on behavior and certain reasons but also I behavior and certain reasons but also I behavior and certain reasons but also I can understand how you might arrive in can understand how you might arrive in can understand how you might arrive in that place I remember when I was treated that place I remember when I was treated that place I remember when I was treated in this way empathy that can be such a in this way empathy that can be such a in this way empathy that can be such a useful and beautiful thing to cross useful and beautiful thing to cross useful and beautiful thing to cross these divides and begin building bridges these divides and begin building bridges these divides and begin building bridges yes so good next one we're going to call yes so good next one we're going to call yes so good next one we're going to call in our pal Ryan Burge our guy we're in our pal Ryan Burge our guy we're in our pal Ryan Burge our guy we're going to have back on the show very soon going to have back on the show very soon going to have back on the show very soon uh from graphs about religion this is uh from graphs about religion this is uh from graphs about religion this is about the nuns and it seems they may about the nuns and it seems they may about the nuns and it seems they may have hit a ceiling oh you thought we have hit a ceiling oh you thought we have hit a ceiling oh you thought we were going all negative nope Revival is were going all negative nope Revival is were going all negative nope Revival is coming because quote the share of coming because quote the share of coming because quote the share of nonreligious Americans has stopped nonreligious Americans has stopped nonreligious Americans has stopped rising in any meaningful way that's it rising in any meaningful way that's it rising in any meaningful way that's it atheism is dead Jesus WIS Jesus is on atheism is dead Jesus WIS Jesus is on atheism is dead Jesus WIS Jesus is on the throne and if you lost your faith the throne and if you lost your faith the throne and if you lost your faith you can't anymore no one else is allowed you can't anymore no one else is allowed you can't anymore no one else is allowed to lose their faith the data proves it to lose their faith the data proves it to lose their faith the data proves it in 2008 the share of Americans who were in 2008 the share of Americans who were in 2008 the share of Americans who were nonreligious in The Cooperative election nonreligious in The Cooperative election nonreligious in The Cooperative election study was 21% okay 21% non-religious study was 21% okay 21% non-religious study was 21% okay 21% non-religious 2008 5 years later it had increased to 2008 5 years later it had increased to 2008 5 years later it had increased to 30% and guess what we all started 30% and guess what we all started 30% and guess what we all started deconstructionist podcasts because deconstructionist podcasts because deconstructionist podcasts because everyone was losing their F and that

everyone was losing their F and that everyone was losing their F and that because that's a that's a massive shift because that's a that's a massive shift because that's a that's a massive shift in such a short window of time as Ryan in such a short window of time as Ryan in such a short window of time as Ryan says quote really stunning for anyone says quote really stunning for anyone says quote really stunning for anyone who studies demographics so even for the who studies demographics so even for the who studies demographics so even for the statisticians they're like a that's a statisticians they're like a that's a statisticians they're like a that's a lot so it looks like the podcast may lot so it looks like the podcast may lot so it looks like the podcast may have worked amazingly amazingly we all have worked amazingly amazingly we all have worked amazingly amazingly we all deconstructed it was like well I guess I deconstructed it was like well I guess I deconstructed it was like well I guess I guess that's it nothing else to do guess that's it nothing else to do guess that's it nothing else to do because if you look at the last three because if you look at the last three because if you look at the last three years it's basically stayed the exact years it's basically stayed the exact years it's basically stayed the exact same number and what Ryan writes is this same number and what Ryan writes is this same number and what Ryan writes is this quote this really may be the end of an quote this really may be the end of an quote this really may be the end of an era in American religious demography the era in American religious demography the era in American religious demography the trend lines might have reached an trend lines might have reached an trend lines might have reached an inflection point and we can demarcate inflection point and we can demarcate inflection point and we can demarcate religious history around this time religious history around this time religious history around this time period hopefully before I wind up my period hopefully before I wind up my period hopefully before I wind up my career in a few decades I can make sense career in a few decades I can make sense career in a few decades I can make sense of all of this sain kard once wrote of all of this sain kard once wrote of all of this sain kard once wrote quote life can only be understood quote life can only be understood quote life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards backwards but it must be lived forwards backwards but it must be lived forwards it's exciting to be living in this it's exciting to be living in this it's exciting to be living in this moment right now is that not brimming moment right now is that not brimming moment right now is that not brimming with hope and optimism you know what's with hope and optimism you know what's with hope and optimism you know what's so crazy about that quote is that so crazy about that quote is that so crazy about that quote is that somebody sent me that quote yesterday in somebody sent me that quote yesterday in somebody sent me that quote yesterday in a text message about something a text message about something a text message about something differently the kard yes so you can differently the kard yes so you can differently the kard yes so you can receive that as a sign okay confirmation receive that as a sign okay confirmation receive that as a sign okay confirmation if you will I'm excited to be living in if you will I'm excited to be living in if you will I'm excited to be living in this moment right now uh truthfully it this moment right now uh truthfully it this moment right now uh truthfully it is yeah I mean women disagree with is yeah I mean women disagree with is yeah I mean women disagree with everything I have to say apparently but everything I have to say apparently but everything I have to say apparently but no one more is losing their faith yes no one more is losing their faith yes no one more is losing their faith yes praise God okay yeah hey look you win praise God okay yeah hey look you win praise God okay yeah hey look you win some you lose some well and it is good some you lose some well and it is good some you lose some well and it is good news because you know Ryan has been news because you know Ryan has been news because you know Ryan has been tracking this data for a while and as tracking this data for a while and as tracking this data for a while and as have other folks tracking the rise of have other folks tracking the rise of have other folks tracking the rise of the nuns and which is non-religious the nuns and which is non-religious the nuns and which is non-religious folks and when you when you see those folks and when you when you see those folks and when you when you see those numbers like every year steadily Rising

numbers like every year steadily Rising numbers like every year steadily Rising it does raise concern it's like what are it does raise concern it's like what are it does raise concern it's like what are we doing wrong as churches like is this we doing wrong as churches like is this we doing wrong as churches like is this a losing battle against culture like you a losing battle against culture like you a losing battle against culture like you said before it in some cases would cause said before it in some cases would cause said before it in some cases would cause you to dig your heels in and maybe pick you to dig your heels in and maybe pick you to dig your heels in and maybe pick a fight where maybe you didn't have to a fight where maybe you didn't have to a fight where maybe you didn't have to pick a fight at all but now to see them pick a fight at all but now to see them pick a fight at all but now to see them kind of level out and see that the rise kind of level out and see that the rise kind of level out and see that the rise is not infinitely and exponentially up is not infinitely and exponentially up is not infinitely and exponentially up and towards the right that is a little and towards the right that is a little and towards the right that is a little bit encouraging well and another thing bit encouraging well and another thing bit encouraging well and another thing this these types of sermon series can this these types of sermon series can this these types of sermon series can effectively do is they can put a stopper effectively do is they can put a stopper effectively do is they can put a stopper on narratives that we believe that are on narratives that we believe that are on narratives that we believe that are no longer true because what was true for no longer true because what was true for no longer true because what was true for the longest time was hey this faith in the longest time was hey this faith in the longest time was hey this faith in this country in this you know western this country in this you know western this country in this you know western part of the world which has like been part of the world which has like been part of the world which has like been the faith for so long like it's the faith for so long like it's the faith for so long like it's shrinking it's declining like we're shrinking it's declining like we're shrinking it's declining like we're losing ground what does this mean I'm losing ground what does this mean I'm losing ground what does this mean I'm pretty confident like most people still pretty confident like most people still pretty confident like most people still assume that's happening like what this assume that's happening like what this assume that's happening like what this might suggest is okay over the past few might suggest is okay over the past few might suggest is okay over the past few years this decline this rise of non years this decline this rise of non years this decline this rise of non religiosity it's like it's been religiosity it's like it's been religiosity it's like it's been stabilized so like what does that mean stabilized so like what does that mean stabilized so like what does that mean going forward and how we act and what we going forward and how we act and what we going forward and how we act and what we believe believe believe go like hand in hand so if we continue go like hand in hand so if we continue go like hand in hand so if we continue to believe something that may no longer to believe something that may no longer to believe something that may no longer be true that's going to inform the be true that's going to inform the be true that's going to inform the decisions our churches make and how we decisions our churches make and how we decisions our churches make and how we act and it's also going to um affect our act and it's also going to um affect our act and it's also going to um affect our posture like our posture and culture posture like our posture and culture posture like our posture and culture like I have to defend everything like like I have to defend everything like like I have to defend everything like like if I'm losing ground right like like if I'm losing ground right like like if I'm losing ground right like there's hey it's almost football season there's hey it's almost football season there's hey it's almost football season this is when I play the like when you're this is when I play the like when you're this is when I play the like when you're trying to play prevent defense and not trying to play prevent defense and not trying to play prevent defense and not allow someone to score like you just allow someone to score like you just allow someone to score like you just keep backpedaling you're backpedaling keep backpedaling you're backpedaling keep backpedaling you're backpedaling and you're back ped okay as long as they

and you're back ped okay as long as they and you're back ped okay as long as they don't score a touchdown but we're okay don't score a touchdown but we're okay don't score a touchdown but we're okay keep back pedaling like Preserve at all keep back pedaling like Preserve at all keep back pedaling like Preserve at all costs once you don't feel like you have costs once you don't feel like you have costs once you don't feel like you have to do that okay let's like move to the to do that okay let's like move to the to do that okay let's like move to the offensive let's start going out and like offensive let's start going out and like offensive let's start going out and like reaching people let's believe that reaching people let's believe that reaching people let's believe that that's possible we're no longer fighting that's possible we're no longer fighting that's possible we're no longer fighting this like wave that just keeps crashing this like wave that just keeps crashing this like wave that just keeps crashing against us okay the waters have stilled against us okay the waters have stilled against us okay the waters have stilled what does this mean now we can move a what does this mean now we can move a what does this mean now we can move a little bit more freely like just little bit more freely like just little bit more freely like just changing how you believe and how you see changing how you believe and how you see changing how you believe and how you see the outside world can be dramatic which the outside world can be dramatic which the outside world can be dramatic which is why we are such big proponents of is why we are such big proponents of is why we are such big proponents of sermon series like these listen to us sermon series like these listen to us sermon series like these listen to us injecting hope I heard someone the other injecting hope I heard someone the other injecting hope I heard someone the other day so off brand for us I know I heard day so off brand for us I know I heard day so off brand for us I know I heard someone talk about the other day they someone talk about the other day they someone talk about the other day they were actually so we on this show we talk were actually so we on this show we talk were actually so we on this show we talk all the time it's it's our axis helping all the time it's it's our axis helping all the time it's it's our axis helping churches navigate the biggest churches navigate the biggest churches navigate the biggest communication shift in the last 500 communication shift in the last 500 communication shift in the last 500 years and this person was saying like years and this person was saying like years and this person was saying like prior to the Reformation the uh the most prior to the Reformation the uh the most prior to the Reformation the uh the most recent communication shift um the things recent communication shift um the things recent communication shift um the things were not going all that well for the were not going all that well for the were not going all that well for the church and the Reformation that church and the Reformation that church and the Reformation that communication shift the printing press communication shift the printing press communication shift the printing press really catapulted the church into like a really catapulted the church into like a really catapulted the church into like a new obviously there were some some new obviously there were some some new obviously there were some some issues there to deal with as well but issues there to deal with as well but issues there to deal with as well but like into a new sense of Revival like into a new sense of Revival like into a new sense of Revival you and he was he was kind of you and he was he was kind of you and he was he was kind of pontificating about the same thing pontificating about the same thing pontificating about the same thing happening right now because we're going happening right now because we're going happening right now because we're going through the next one the internet is through the next one the internet is through the next one the internet is Chang the way we communicate forever and Chang the way we communicate forever and Chang the way we communicate forever and we're seeing this this rise and increase we're seeing this this rise and increase we're seeing this this rise and increase of nuns and he said like a lot of people of nuns and he said like a lot of people of nuns and he said like a lot of people look at the culture look at this the the look at the culture look at this the the look at the culture look at this the the data and think like oh things are just data and think like oh things are just data and think like oh things are just getting worse worse for the church and getting worse worse for the church and getting worse worse for the church and he's like I think this is more like a he's like I think this is more like a he's like I think this is more like a wave you know what a big wave is about wave you know what a big wave is about wave you know what a big wave is about to crash the water pulls back from from to crash the water pulls back from from to crash the water pulls back from from the beach a little bit he's like I I

the beach a little bit he's like I I the beach a little bit he's like I I have like this hopeful that that's have like this hopeful that that's have like this hopeful that that's what's happening like we're on the edge what's happening like we're on the edge what's happening like we're on the edge of call it Revival if you want listen to of call it Revival if you want listen to of call it Revival if you want listen to us um Pentecostals again uh but like in us um Pentecostals again uh but like in us um Pentecostals again uh but like in our old AG yes but like could could we our old AG yes but like could could we our old AG yes but like could could we change the narrative we're telling change the narrative we're telling change the narrative we're telling ourselves and look at this data and be ourselves and look at this data and be ourselves and look at this data and be like you know what like this could be we like you know what like this could be we like you know what like this could be we could be on the edge of of a wave could be on the edge of of a wave could be on the edge of of a wave crashing on the shore of Revival of the crashing on the shore of Revival of the crashing on the shore of Revival of the of the internet making way for a like a of the internet making way for a like a of the internet making way for a like a new wave of something in the church that new wave of something in the church that new wave of something in the church that could be what we're on the presus of as could be what we're on the presus of as could be what we're on the presus of as supposed to just like you know Doom supposed to just like you know Doom supposed to just like you know Doom scrolling and saying like well this is scrolling and saying like well this is scrolling and saying like well this is the end or we could go to number five the end or we could go to number five the end or we could go to number five and back to our slightly negative which and back to our slightly negative which and back to our slightly negative which is that can't leave on a high is that can't leave on a high is that can't leave on a high note that would just be foolish uh note that would just be foolish uh note that would just be foolish uh number five fewer close friends than number five fewer close friends than number five fewer close friends than ever nobody has friends okay so this ever nobody has friends okay so this ever nobody has friends okay so this comes from uh the American Survey Center comes from uh the American Survey Center comes from uh the American Survey Center quote today's Americans have fewer Civic quote today's Americans have fewer Civic quote today's Americans have fewer Civic opportunities that is places opportunities that is places opportunities that is places institutions groups programs and institutions groups programs and institutions groups programs and activities in which they can experience activities in which they can experience activities in which they can experience experience Community Life relatedly experience Community Life relatedly experience Community Life relatedly Americans have smaller social networks Americans have smaller social networks Americans have smaller social networks and fewer friends and they spend less and fewer friends and they spend less and fewer friends and they spend less time with their friends neighbors and time with their friends neighbors and time with their friends neighbors and family members this state of affairs has family members this state of affairs has family members this state of affairs has led Surgeon General Vivic Murthy to led Surgeon General Vivic Murthy to led Surgeon General Vivic Murthy to declare the United States is facing an declare the United States is facing an declare the United States is facing an epidemic of loneliness and epidemic of loneliness and epidemic of loneliness and isolation uh America's Civic decline isolation uh America's Civic decline isolation uh America's Civic decline though has not affected all groups though has not affected all groups though has not affected all groups equally interestingly Americans with equally interestingly Americans with equally interestingly Americans with college degrees often reside in college degrees often reside in college degrees often reside in communities with abundant Civic

communities with abundant Civic communities with abundant Civic opportunities and thrive cultures they opportunities and thrive cultures they opportunities and thrive cultures they participate in associational life at participate in associational life at participate in associational life at high rates and have robust social and high rates and have robust social and high rates and have robust social and friendship networks in contrast the friendship networks in contrast the friendship networks in contrast the relational lives of Americans without relational lives of Americans without relational lives of Americans without college degrees have contracted college degrees have contracted college degrees have contracted dramatically compared to Americans with dramatically compared to Americans with dramatically compared to Americans with these degrees today and without them in these degrees today and without them in these degrees today and without them in the past and then finally a recent poll the past and then finally a recent poll the past and then finally a recent poll from yugov a polling firm and market from yugov a polling firm and market from yugov a polling firm and market research company found that 30% of research company found that 30% of research company found that 30% of Millennials say they feel lonely this is Millennials say they feel lonely this is Millennials say they feel lonely this is the highest percentage of all the the highest percentage of all the the highest percentage of all the generations surveyed 22% said they had generations surveyed 22% said they had generations surveyed 22% said they had zero friends and this really comes and zero friends and this really comes and zero friends and this really comes and brings us full circle to the first brings us full circle to the first brings us full circle to the first sermon series idea in this list which sermon series idea in this list which sermon series idea in this list which was about fewer people getting married was about fewer people getting married was about fewer people getting married and the idea of Social Fitness it would and the idea of Social Fitness it would and the idea of Social Fitness it would of course track that that's not just of course track that that's not just of course track that that's not just true of marriage Social Fitness is true of marriage Social Fitness is true of marriage Social Fitness is inclusive of all relationships and inclusive of all relationships and inclusive of all relationships and sometimes that means like really close sometimes that means like really close sometimes that means like really close friends okay Alex and I really close friends okay Alex and I really close friends okay Alex and I really close friends I'd say I have three to five friends I'd say I have three to five friends I'd say I have three to five really close friends which I am really close friends which I am really close friends which I am supremely grateful for but what I also supremely grateful for but what I also supremely grateful for but what I also have are like neighbors who I would qu have are like neighbors who I would qu have are like neighbors who I would qu they're not really close friends but they're not really close friends but they're not really close friends but like we still get together like we still get together like we still get together to times a year and have dinner together to times a year and have dinner together to times a year and have dinner together and we host each other in in homes and and we host each other in in homes and and we host each other in in homes and different correct different Faith different correct different Faith different correct different Faith backgrounds uh like not just like in backgrounds uh like not just like in backgrounds uh like not just like in lock step in every single area of life lock step in every single area of life lock step in every single area of life and yet we're still getting together and and yet we're still getting together and and yet we're still getting together and I'm also grateful for those things I I'm also grateful for those things I I'm also grateful for those things I also live in a community where like you also live in a community where like you also live in a community where like you know everyone waves to each other when know everyone waves to each other when know everyone waves to each other when we walk down the street and like I have we walk down the street and like I have we walk down the street and like I have people who I recognize and say hi to and people who I recognize and say hi to and people who I recognize and say hi to and we speak to each other we don't host we speak to each other we don't host we speak to each other we don't host each other in our homes cuz we don't each other in our homes cuz we don't each other in our homes cuz we don't know each other that way but we'll stop

know each other that way but we'll stop know each other that way but we'll stop and say oh how's the BBE like things and say oh how's the BBE like things and say oh how's the BBE like things like that and that's becoming like that and that's becoming like that and that's becoming increasingly rare and of course the increasingly rare and of course the increasingly rare and of course the obvious point to make here is that of obvious point to make here is that of obvious point to make here is that of all places in culture the church at its all places in culture the church at its all places in culture the church at its best is meant to serve people in this best is meant to serve people in this best is meant to serve people in this way different ethnicities different way different ethnicities different way different ethnicities different socioeconomic backgrounds different socioeconomic backgrounds different socioeconomic backgrounds different genders different ages all people genders different ages all people genders different ages all people uniting for a shared purpose that is of uniting for a shared purpose that is of uniting for a shared purpose that is of course worshiping Jesus and the church course worshiping Jesus and the church course worshiping Jesus and the church is should be ready to like assume its is should be ready to like assume its is should be ready to like assume its place in that in culture that way again place in that in culture that way again place in that in culture that way again because like we're all realize like this because like we're all realize like this because like we're all realize like this is a problem epidemic yes the Surgeon is a problem epidemic yes the Surgeon is a problem epidemic yes the Surgeon General yes the point that stood out me General yes the point that stood out me General yes the point that stood out me stood out to me here on this one was um stood out to me here on this one was um stood out to me here on this one was um about the folks who had college degrees about the folks who had college degrees about the folks who had college degrees versus folks who didn't have college versus folks who didn't have college versus folks who didn't have college degrees that was interesting and like degrees that was interesting and like degrees that was interesting and like regardless of what area you live where regardless of what area you live where regardless of what area you live where your church is what area you Pastor in your church is what area you Pastor in your church is what area you Pastor in like every every type of livable place like every every type of livable place like every every type of livable place has different socio economic and in has different socio economic and in has different socio economic and in different education levels represented different education levels represented different education levels represented in the community and so there's nothing in the community and so there's nothing in the community and so there's nothing wrong with being educated there's wrong with being educated there's wrong with being educated there's nothing wrong with being educated but at nothing wrong with being educated but at nothing wrong with being educated but at the very least what this does is raise a the very least what this does is raise a the very least what this does is raise a yellow flag and and should Inspire your yellow flag and and should Inspire your yellow flag and and should Inspire your church to create Community opportunities church to create Community opportunities church to create Community opportunities what did this uh data call them Civic what did this uh data call them Civic what did this uh data call them Civic opportunities for folks who the data opportunities for folks who the data opportunities for folks who the data says don't have as many opportunities says don't have as many opportunities says don't have as many opportunities and don't have as many relationships so and don't have as many relationships so and don't have as many relationships so this data says okay people who are less this data says okay people who are less this data says okay people who are less educated don't have this um this type of educated don't have this um this type of educated don't have this um this type of Civic opportunity and these types of Civic opportunity and these types of Civic opportunity and these types of relationships that should Inspire our relationships that should Inspire our relationships that should Inspire our churches to make Civic opportunities and

churches to make Civic opportunities and churches to make Civic opportunities and make bridges for relationships for those make bridges for relationships for those make bridges for relationships for those people the data is doing the work it people the data is doing the work it people the data is doing the work it shows you who is living integrated who shows you who is living integrated who shows you who is living integrated who is not so now we get to say okay how can is not so now we get to say okay how can is not so now we get to say okay how can we make ways for the folks who are not we make ways for the folks who are not we make ways for the folks who are not living integrated to get integrated with living integrated to get integrated with living integrated to get integrated with one another and with the church this is one another and with the church this is one another and with the church this is so in line with with what we talk about so in line with with what we talk about so in line with with what we talk about on the show but also how you and I just on the show but also how you and I just on the show but also how you and I just like um live our lives and what we like um live our lives and what we like um live our lives and what we believe about church is that so much of believe about church is that so much of believe about church is that so much of what we should be doing and could be what we should be doing and could be what we should be doing and could be doing as churches should exist outside doing as churches should exist outside doing as churches should exist outside of our Sunday services so the Sunday of our Sunday services so the Sunday of our Sunday services so the Sunday services are good they're services are good they're services are good they're important that's well established but so important that's well established but so important that's well established but so many of these data points point to the many of these data points point to the many of these data points point to the fact that like people need to be served fact that like people need to be served fact that like people need to be served in community um people are getting in community um people are getting in community um people are getting underserved and and do not do not have underserved and and do not do not have underserved and and do not do not have the opportunities they need to live well the opportunities they need to live well the opportunities they need to live well integrated lives with themselves and integrated lives with themselves and integrated lives with themselves and with others and so how can we not just with others and so how can we not just with others and so how can we not just in sermon series but maybe starting in sermon series but maybe starting in sermon series but maybe starting there but how can we programmatically in there but how can we programmatically in there but how can we programmatically in our churches meet these needs for folks our churches meet these needs for folks our churches meet these needs for folks so that our churches can get more so that our churches can get more so that our churches can get more integrated people can get more integrated people can get more integrated people can get more integrated with each other with integrated with each other with integrated with each other with themselves and and to the very first themselves and and to the very first themselves and and to the very first study more enjoyment less worry less study more enjoyment less worry less study more enjoyment less worry less sadness less stress less anger and much sadness less stress less anger and much sadness less stress less anger and much less less less loneliness I think this is maybe the loneliness I think this is maybe the loneliness I think this is maybe the most important point that we can make on most important point that we can make on most important point that we can make on the entire show so kudos to Alex but the entire show so kudos to Alex but the entire show so kudos to Alex but let's tie this all in a bow now with a let's tie this all in a bow now with a let's tie this all in a bow now with a bow let's imagine you're like I'm not bow let's imagine you're like I'm not bow let's imagine you're like I'm not going to do an entire series dedicated going to do an entire series dedicated going to do an entire series dedicated to all these things do a single series to all these things do a single series to all these things do a single series call it Worlds Apart just to talk about call it Worlds Apart just to talk about call it Worlds Apart just to talk about how like you did it yeah just as an how like you did it yeah just as an how like you did it yeah just as an example just talk about how like example just talk about how like example just talk about how like different people are believing things

different people are believing things different people are believing things and changing demographics and how this and changing demographics and how this and changing demographics and how this is different from how it used to be but is different from how it used to be but is different from how it used to be but even within the singular world we are even within the singular world we are even within the singular world we are apart from each other so wow double apart from each other so wow double apart from each other so wow double meaning and spend a week on each of meaning and spend a week on each of meaning and spend a week on each of these okay and then at the end of the these okay and then at the end of the these okay and then at the end of the series use that as the springboard to series use that as the springboard to series use that as the springboard to kick off the new community groups or kick off the new community groups or kick off the new community groups or programming that you're doing to solve programming that you're doing to solve programming that you're doing to solve these issues I know people are listening these issues I know people are listening these issues I know people are listening being like I don't understand people being like I don't understand people being like I don't understand people they don't come to church and then they they don't come to church and then they they don't come to church and then they say I have no friends they don't get say I have no friends they don't get say I have no friends they don't get involved with what we have going on and involved with what we have going on and involved with what we have going on and they say I don't feel connected I they say I don't feel connected I they say I don't feel connected I understand we're all stupid we get it I understand we're all stupid we get it I understand we're all stupid we get it I guarantee you though you will see better guarantee you though you will see better guarantee you though you will see better recruitment response when you spend time recruitment response when you spend time recruitment response when you spend time in the sermon series outlining the why in the sermon series outlining the why in the sermon series outlining the why okay look people are getting married okay look people are getting married okay look people are getting married less often so they're more lonely even less often so they're more lonely even less often so they're more lonely even as they get as they get as they get older within the gender War we don't older within the gender War we don't older within the gender War we don't feel like we're on the same page at all feel like we're on the same page at all feel like we're on the same page at all between men and women so we're more between men and women so we're more between men and women so we're more lonely and we're not having kids as much lonely and we're not having kids as much lonely and we're not having kids as much so we can't even just like pour Our so we can't even just like pour Our so we can't even just like pour Our Lives into our kids because we don't Lives into our kids because we don't Lives into our kids because we don't even have those and we have fewer even have those and we have fewer even have those and we have fewer friends which of course makes sense when friends which of course makes sense when friends which of course makes sense when you played the similar previous four you played the similar previous four you played the similar previous four things but guess what people are more things but guess what people are more things but guess what people are more likely perhaps and more open to coming likely perhaps and more open to coming likely perhaps and more open to coming to church and being involved in church to church and being involved in church to church and being involved in church activities because we're not seeing this activities because we're not seeing this activities because we're not seeing this rise anymore in non-religious folks it's rise anymore in non-religious folks it's rise anymore in non-religious folks it's actually been styed so like you could actually been styed so like you could actually been styed so like you could lay the foundation and explain world's lay the foundation and explain world's lay the foundation and explain world's apart here's where everything is and apart here's where everything is and apart here's where everything is and because of this we're launching this new because of this we're launching this new because of this we're launching this new ministry yes now people understand the ministry yes now people understand the ministry yes now people understand the clear why they have been primed they clear why they have been primed they clear why they have been primed they ready to be a part of it they're much ready to be a part of it they're much ready to be a part of it they're much more ready to serve they're much more

more ready to serve they're much more more ready to serve they're much more ready and willing to invite their ready and willing to invite their ready and willing to invite their friends and you see response come from friends and you see response come from friends and you see response come from it and that is still happening in tandem it and that is still happening in tandem it and that is still happening in tandem in parallel with all the other benefits in parallel with all the other benefits in parallel with all the other benefits that we spoke to about these sermon that we spoke to about these sermon that we spoke to about these sermon series and now you're not just talking series and now you're not just talking series and now you're not just talking about something which of course has about something which of course has about something which of course has value educating people on what's value educating people on what's value educating people on what's Happening helping them see the world in Happening helping them see the world in Happening helping them see the world in a more accurate way hey this is what's a more accurate way hey this is what's a more accurate way hey this is what's actually happening but you're actually actually happening but you're actually actually happening but you're actually creating connection opportunities that creating connection opportunities that creating connection opportunities that didn't previously exist and what you've didn't previously exist and what you've didn't previously exist and what you've also said publicly from the stage is if also said publicly from the stage is if also said publicly from the stage is if you are unmarried and single we care you are unmarried and single we care you are unmarried and single we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you believe this we care about you if you are a non-religious about you if you are a non-religious about you if you are a non-religious person we care about you if you feel person we care about you if you feel person we care about you if you feel like you have no friends fewer friends like you have no friends fewer friends like you have no friends fewer friends than you'd like we care about solving than you'd like we care about solving than you'd like we care about solving that issue for you you are publicly that issue for you you are publicly that issue for you you are publicly saying those things and then you can saying those things and then you can saying those things and then you can back it up with programming and with back it up with programming and with back it up with programming and with opportunities so good woo okay I feel opportunities so good woo okay I feel opportunities so good woo okay I feel really fired up yeah me too Alex came really fired up yeah me too Alex came really fired up yeah me too Alex came into this episode I was not in a good into this episode I was not in a good into this episode I was not in a good way he was not in a good way me now way he was not in a good way me now way he was not in a good way me now that's right that's right so make sure that's right that's right so make sure that's right that's right so make sure to check out all the data we'll have it to check out all the data we'll have it to check out all the data we'll have it all Linked In the podcast notes on all Linked In the podcast notes on all Linked In the podcast notes on YouTube and uh in the podcast if you're YouTube and uh in the podcast if you're YouTube and uh in the podcast if you're listening on Apple podcast or Spotify if listening on Apple podcast or Spotify if listening on Apple podcast or Spotify if you want to dive deeper into the data you want to dive deeper into the data you want to dive deeper into the data where it was sourced it's all linked where it was sourced it's all linked where it was sourced it's all linked there you can find the citations and dig there you can find the citations and dig there you can find the citations and dig even deeper and thanks as always for even deeper and thanks as always for even deeper and thanks as always for your time attention and Trust we will your time attention and Trust we will your time attention and Trust we will talk to you next talk to you next talk to you next Wednesday oh yes we are doing this we Wednesday oh yes we are doing this we Wednesday oh yes we are doing this we can do this we will do this there you go can do this we will do this there you go can do this we will do this there you go all right good yep well hey there and all right good yep well hey there and all right good yep well hey there and welcome to the pro Church tool show I'm welcome to the pro Church tool show I'm welcome to the pro Church tool show I'm Brady sheer you're Co you're Co you're

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