Two-Thirds of Americans Believe in the Bodily Resurrection of Christ, Study Finds
Crosswalk.com reports: “Two-thirds of Americans say they believe the bodily resurrection of Christ as described in the Bible is literally true, according to a new survey that found the nation’s views of Christianity sometimes align with Scripture—and sometimes sharply diverge.
The State of Theology study from Lifeway Research and Ligonier Ministries found that 65 percent of U.S. adults say they agree that the ‘biblical accounts of the physical (bodily) resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate’ and ‘actually occurred,’ according to the survey’s wording. In comparison, 71 percent say they affirm the Trinity, believing ‘there is one true God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit’—all statements within biblical orthodoxy.
Roughly two-thirds (68 percent) agree that ‘God is unchanging,’ while another two-thirds (66 percent) say ‘God is a perfect being and cannot make a mistake.’ These statements are all within historical biblical belief.
More than half of Americans (56 percent) agree that ‘God counts a person as righteous not because of one’s works but only because of one’s faith in Jesus Christ’—another statement affirmed in Scripture…”
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