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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Your future needs you. Your past doesn’t.

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Your future needs you. Your past doesn’t.

February 21, 2022

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor The late, great philosopher and theologian, Meat Loaf, sang: But it was long ago and it was far awayOh *** it…

MAGNOLIA MINDS: What time is it?

MAGNOLIA MINDS: What time is it?

February 14, 2022

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Best (and Only!) Alternative to Despair

MAGNOLIA MINDS: The Best (and Only!) Alternative to Despair

February 4, 2022

MAGNOLIA MINDS: What I’m Learning About God

MAGNOLIA MINDS: What I’m Learning About God

January 27, 2022

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Living with thorns

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Living with thorns

January 4, 2022

Barna report highlights
openness to faith among
Americans who reject God
A surprising openness to faith among Americans who currently reject God has been shared in a new report from George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. The American Worldview Inventory 2025, titled “Millions Admit They Could Be Persuaded That God Exists — Under the Right Conditions,” finds that one-third of doubters are “completely open” to belief if approached with a credible, personal explanation, Barna shared in a released statement. An additional 38% “might be open” — totaling over 50 million spiritually restless Americans. Shockingly, 40% of those who reject God still identify as Christians, the report said. Many attend church or read the Bible, Barna noted, yet deny the God they engage with. Most rejections of spiritual authority, he said, occur before age 22, highlighting the critical role of early worldview development. — The Baptist Paper