tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17965336.post3620693836270766858..comments2007-06-02T15:48:05.883-07:00Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077883273809275431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17965336.post-9620565797799944102007-06-02T15:48:00.000-07:002007-06-02T15:48:00.000-07:00Hi salguod,<BR/><BR/>Certainly some formerly prominent denominations drifted from their roots and went into decline -- first the Congregationalists, later the Methodists. But whenever that happened to one denomination, an upstart came in and "ate their lunch." The theme of the book is that there have always been fast growing upstart churches that preached an other-worldly, set apart message. The large prominent denominations have tended to became like the culture around them, and then drift into insignificance. And the upstarts rose from their ashes.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077883273809275431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17965336.post-80196832951473938972007-06-02T14:36:00.000-07:002007-06-02T14:36:00.000-07:00What an amazing revelation that we are a more churched nation now than in the begining. Many religious folks like to believe that America has drifted from it's religious roots. Perhaps we arae now drifting (does the book address that?), but we are more churched now than in the begining.salguodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707268782911156269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17965336.post-27418253351601129562007-05-14T02:34:00.000-07:002007-05-14T02:34:00.000-07:00Alan, <BR/>Looks like a great addition to my library - Thanks!<BR/><BR/>PhilPhil Spadarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388644328819762779noreply@blogger.com