Research reveals a number of things in today’s church and culture that appear to be at a tipping point. What are these shifts and how can churches navigate these changes?

Here are nine fascinating events and discoveries from 2022 you may not have heard about.

Do you remember when you could buy a dozen eggs for 99 cents?  It seems like it was only yesterday, but unfortunately those days are now gone for good.

...AEI observed a overall drop in church attendance across all demographics of 7%. White evangelicals are the most likely to attend church services frequently.

...Many non-Catholics believed him to be a pedophile enabler...Others pointed to the various financial scandals the Vatican has been involved in over the years including during the years of his reign.

...Alternatives to standard, punitive discipline, while glittering ideals in the abstract, are a resounding failure in practice. It's a story that parallels the rise and fall of "broken windows" policing in society...

Some of the bluest states in the nation have committed themselves to war with the most efficient appliances in your home: natural gas-powered heaters, furnaces, and stoves.

...Politically and economically, it’s been extremely useful to perpetuate the Covid franchise. Keeping some people scared of Covid helps to sustain the perpetual State of Emergency and all of the oppression...

...Without a growing population we will not have enough people to produce the goods and services, to sustain a robust economy. Even liberal economists recognize this.

...We ignored the warnings. We turned down repeated plans to find and eliminate Bin Laden. We gave the enemy breathing room. Almost 3000 Americans paid the price. And, now we are doing it again.

...Naturally, many organizations, particularly of the prosperity preaching, money-grubbing kind do not share their compensation, with some partnering with churches to purposefully avoid transparency. 

The health policy worldview determines its success only in the fact that they have controlled the individual health decisions. Any mistakes in policy will be taken into account in the next decision.

...This is arguably part of God’s sovereign purpose. He is using Hamlin’s life to bring glory to Himself and to get the attention of a nation that has for all practical purposes, forgotten God.