# 172 Survey Says The Average American Christian Believes Bad Theology, with Dr. Jeremiah Johnston
The Alisa Childers Podcast
Alisa Childers
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🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
A recent study concluded that many Evangelical Christians hold some pretty unbiblical beliefs. About half believe that God changes, half believe that God accepts worship from other religions, and over half believe that humans are born innocent. Dr. Jeremiah Johnston joins the podcast today to unpack these beliefs and several more, including Evangelical beliefs about church membership, the nature of Jesus, sexuality, and the Bible. We talk through what Americans actually believe, how these beliefs affect the gospel, and then we talk through some key Scriptures. Plus, Dr. Johnston gives us an update on the curse tablet found at Mt. Ebal!
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| 0:00.0 | If God changes, then truth changes, we can't speak to progressive Christian |
| 0:04.3 | entity. |
| 0:04.8 | This means that God can be capricious and vindictive towards us. |
| 0:09.9 | And I want to tell you, I wouldn't believe in that God. |
| 0:12.5 | Thank God that we can believe in the Bible, the biblical God, who doesn't change, and |
| 0:17.0 | especially is love for us, changes not. |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome to the Alisa Childers podcast where we equip Christians to identify the core beliefs |
| 0:42.6 | of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness, |
| 0:48.3 | and truth. |
| 0:49.3 | Today, we're going to be talking about a study that was just released from Ligonier |
| 0:53.6 | Ministries showing the state of theology among Americans in general, but even in particular, |
| 0:59.7 | the beliefs of the average evangelical Christian. |
| 1:03.0 | You might be surprised to learn that not all Christians believe that Christianity is |
| 1:08.1 | the only way to God or that Jesus is the only way to God. |
| 1:11.6 | 48% of evangelicals think that God learns or adapts to different circumstances that the |
| 1:18.0 | Holy Spirit is a force, but not a personal being. |
| 1:21.0 | We're going to be talking about some of these points with a special guest in just a moment, |
| 1:25.1 | but I want to let you know that it's finally here, live your truth, and other lies, exposing |
| 1:30.5 | popular deceptions that make us anxious, exhausted, and self-obsessed is being released |
| 1:35.8 | into the world. |
| 1:42.8 | So, that's an exclusive five series videos that you can get if you pre-ordered the book |
| 2:06.5 | and |
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