*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 157 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Should Followers of Jesus Be Watching Game of Thrones?"*

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*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 152 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Rachel Hollis and the Age of Me - Featuring Courtney and Jodi Pierce."*

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*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 149 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Episode 149: I’ll Admit It, I Want to Be Famous but so Do You!"*

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*This blog post is a follow-up to Episode 145 of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast: “Episode 145: Are We All Addicted to the Internet? If So, What Can Be Done About It?"*

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*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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