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		<title>Christians Need To Stop Playing Defense And Go On Offense</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Dr. Everett Piper</em></p>
<p>In 2013, author <strong>John S. Dickerson</strong> wrote about the troubling condition of the American church in his book “<a href="https://www.christianbook.com/evangelical-recession-factors-american-church-prepare/john-dickerson/9781441241054/pd/35725EB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church and How to Prepare</a>.”</p>
<p>Mr. Dickerson‘s key premise was that Christian orthodoxy in the United States is in rapid decline. The evidence he presented to support what, at first glance, seems to be a terminal diagnosis is multifaceted.</p>
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