*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 143 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Episode 143: How Would Jesus Respond to the Abortion Crisis?"*

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Outside of the Church, the prevailing mindset is Secular Humanism. This is the idea that religion is an irrelevant tradition of the past. God is no longer at the center - human beings have taken His place.

*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 139 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Chad’s Confession & Holy Spirit Inspired Risk Taking in Every Day Life!."*

For much of American history, being a Christian aligned you with the prevailing mindset of the day and made you respectable in the eyes of culture. The local church was the place to do business, socialize, and find a spouse. In short, it was very beneficial to belong.

This is not saying that everyone’s faith was sincere – it just meant going with the stream rather than against it.

But the river has since changed course.

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*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 119 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Episode 119: Herding Cats, David the Laser Praiser, and Useful Christian Doubt and Deconstruction!"*

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The skies themselves testified my departure from the industry of Christian music, or so it seemed to this melodramatic fool looking for a sign. Handing in my corporate key fob, I walked through the doors at 101 Winners Circle for the last time. It was 5:30 PM CST on January 5, 2009. A warm weather front had temporarily convinced me that it did not “winter” in Nashville, but the skies were tornado dark, brooding, and pouring down rain as if God and the devil were fighting overhead.