Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Patrick Miller.

Do you know what the fastest growing religion in America is right now?

It's not Christianity.

It's not Islam. It's not atheism. It's not Hinduism or Buddhism or any

religion that has a title. It's a group of people that sociologists have dubbed spiritual but not

religious. Or sometimes they're called the nuns. That's N-O-N-E-S. These are people who believe in spirituality and God in some ways, but they don't

identify with a particular historic religious tradition. And you see the influence of spiritual but

not religious in the increased interest in crystals and astrology and the occult. A lot of people

in this camp, they kind of piecemeal together

things from different religious traditions without taking on the religion itself. You know,

they might practice Zen meditation, they might pray to their ancestors, they might believe in guardian

angels, they might talk about demons or powers of darkness. They might practice fasting,

and they often pray to a higher power.

Now, one thing that I love about 10-minute Bible talks is that a lot of people who find this

show probably find themselves in that spiritual but not religious category. And for many people,

listening to this podcast has been transformational because listening to the Bible every day has drawn them

into a relationship with God and they've started following Jesus, not just any God or any

spiritual idea out there. We started going to church. Their lives have been changed. So if that's

you and you're on a journey towards God thinking about Jesus, I'm so glad that you're here and that

you're listening.

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