In a newly released poll from the Barna Group, only 12 percent of those surveyed said faith was their top priority. This despite the fact that, as the Barna press release points out, more than 75 percent of American adults identify themselves as Christians.

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Jesus said, ““If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple,” (Luke 14.26).

Now, if Jesus is saying that absolutely nothing–not even family or our own lives–can take precedence over our faith in Him, what can we conclude about the 75 percent of American’s who claim to be Christians?  Do quote The Princess Bride, “That word you keep using.  I do not think it means what you think it means.”