Dean Chris Lash continues in our Big If True series in Chris' final message here at Judson.

We have Judson favorite, Dr. Lina Abujamra bringing the word.

We have Pastor Devil Lee joining us again to continue in our series of Big If True.

We welcome you all back to a new school year as we kick off with our new series, Big If True, as our Dean Chris Lash shares with us the state of the Church in the US and the Parable of the Sower.

Source material:

• Ben Stuart, On the state of modern Christianity, sermon
• Gordon Conwell, Christianity in a global context, report:
• Philip Jenkins, The New Christendom
• Rebekah McLaughlin, Confronting Christianity
• Rebekah McLaughlin, The Secular Creed
•  Roger Olson, The Story of Christian Theology
• Pew Research, Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population
• Pew Research, The Future of World Religions, study
• Pew-Templeton, The Future of World Relgions, article
•  NYT, America is Losing Religious Faith, 8/25/23
• Washington Post, The world is expected to grow more religious not less,

We are so thrilled to have had our very own Junior Worship Arts Major Kate Urosevich share with us this morning in chapel as a part of our student voices chapel on believing in how God defines us.

Today we have Derrick Puckett from Renewal Church of Chicago as he wraps up our Tik Tok Thelogy series on the question, Is Jesus Racist?

We are grateful to have our very own Sofia Melton as a part of our Student Voices series.

We are thankful to have Pastor Watson Jones III join us as he talks about how God continues to work in our lives and in the world.