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All right, this will be a fun one.

Here's today's sermon.

We're gonna talk about authority,

and this is a quote from one of our focus groups.

I don't share the beliefs that the Christian faith tells me I should.

How did we arrive at this?

I want to figure out what the primary objections

and questions were regarding Christianity.

So we had random digital dial phone calls to, I think it was 913,000 people if my memory is correct

Boiled it down to a thousand people interviewed them found the top seven objections and questions regarding Christianity.

This one was number six.

It was the issue of authority.

Wanted to then figure out and find out

what the specific thoughts were surrounding and regarding these issues.

So focus groups, eight of them were commissioned with a facilitator in four major U.S. cities.

One of them was right here in Phoenix.

And this is a statement, a quote from one of the participants.

The basic question that we're answering and asking today

is, do you recognize any authority beyond yourself?

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