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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Holding Out for Hope

September 27, 2021

By Adam TrestCorrespondent I started drawing when I was three, or at least that’s what my mom always told me. She was an English teacher,…

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Getting back to normal?

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Getting back to normal?

September 7, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: ‘I have my own religion,’ she said.

MAGNOLIA MINDS: ‘I have my own religion,’ she said.

August 5, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: ‘Is this the end?’

MAGNOLIA MINDS: ‘Is this the end?’

July 13, 2021

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Certainties in an Uncertain World

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Certainties in an Uncertain World

July 1, 2021

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