{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Students OKC","title":"God Delusion - \"Isn't Christianity Full of Hypocrisy?\" - Jackson Wilson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3269,"description":"Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.\nLuke 12:2\n\nHave no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,\n1 Peter 3:14-15\n\nHYPOCRISY - “Isn’t Christianity just full of hypocrites?”\n\nHYPOCRISY IN THE CHURCH AND IT’S EFFECT\n\n“How many people are radically and permanently repelled from The Way by Christians who are unfeeling, stiff, unapproachable, boringly lifeless, obsessive, and dissatisfied? Spirituality wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.”\nDallas Willard\n\n“The perception and reality of hypocrisy remain among the most significant barriers to evangelism and credibility in the modern age.”\n\nPew Research (2023):\nOnly 31% of U.S. adults now identify as Protestant (down from 51% in 2007).\nOne key reason cited: “Christians don’t act like Jesus.”\n\nBarna Group (2019):\n85% of non-Christians in the U.S. see Christians as “hypocritical.”\nAmong Millennials (Christian or not), 66% say churchgoers are “more judgmental than loving.”\n\nLifeway Research (2019):\n66% of church-going teens stop attending church regularly in their twenties.\nTop reason: “Church members appear judgmental or hypocritical.”\n\nEdelman Trust Barometer (2022):\nTrust in religious institutions is lower than in tech companies or NGOs globally.\nMany still seek spirituality but avoid institutional religion due to perceived hypocrisy.\n\nPew (2021):\n29% of U.S. adults now identify as religious “nones” (atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular”).\n\n13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.\nMatthew 5:13\n\n17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BjiZxrt0a9mZ2dDE8857wRItwuk9xfgMH36A4JE3q70/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3OTc4LzE2OTMw/NzI5MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}