Hey guys, welcome to a relatable happy Monday. I hope everyone had a wonderful and

restful weekend. As you know, unless this is your first time ever listening to a relatable,

in which case, welcome. Glad you're here. But most of you probably know that it is theology Monday.

On theology Monday, we take a cultural trend or trend within the church or something that someone

said and we weigh it against the word of God and we say, okay, this is what this person said or

this is how this trend is going, but this is what the Bible actually says and this is how

Christians, according to God's word, need to look at this or analyze this. Today, it's a little

bit different. We're not going to be talking about a particular theological topic. We are going

to be talking about a greater trend. And that trend is the rapid decline of Christianity or people

who identify as Christians in the United States. I get email updates from Pew Research every few

days, I think. I don't think it's every day every few days when they conduct studies on religion.

I received an email a few days ago or last week with a subject line that says in the United

States, decline of Christianity continues at rapid pace. And that is a drawing thing to see as a

Christian. We know it's been happening for a while now, but all at once when you read a headline

like that or when you read a subject line like that, you are hit with the implications of what

that will look like and what that already does look like. Whether you want to believe this or not,

the United States is a Christian nation. That doesn't mean that it has a nationalized

religion of Christianity or that you have to be a Christian in order to enjoy your inherent

rights in the United States, but it does mean that the laws, the Constitution, upon which this

country was founded is based on biblical ideas like property rights, equal justice, etc. Of course,

as we know from our own history, these things have not always been applied or implemented

perfectly, but they do characterize the foundation upon which this country was founded. And whether or

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