Everything on this page is measured by the same standards as for every other tradition: the same twelve values, the same eight questions, the same scale per area of life. What is measured is what the texts do, not whether they are right.
| Value | here | overall | difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | 69 % | 58 % | +12 |
| Hope | 37 % | 18 % | +19 |
| Knowledge | 28 % | 36 % | -8 |
| Repentance | 26 % | 19 % | +7 |
| Humility | 22 % | 25 % | -3 |
| Gratitude | 22 % | 16 % | +6 |
| Care | 22 % | 20 % | +2 |
| Truthfulness | 19 % | 16 % | +3 |
| Responsibility | 18 % | 28 % | -9 |
| Mercy | 14 % | 12 % | +2 |
| Patience | 11 % | 14 % | -3 |
| Justice | 3 % | 25 % | -22 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Turning away from God, indifference, idolatry | 38 % (114) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual | 70 % (114) |
| What helps against it? | personal experience, testimony, encounter with God or with people | 40 % (114) |
| What is human being according to this text? | fallen, not able to be made whole by one's own strength | 38 % (114) |
| Where is history heading? | a turning point, a coming, a new order is about to arrive | 47 % (114) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on the holy scripture of its own tradition | 88 % (114) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to one's own fellow believers | 71 % (114) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at one's own community and at oneself | 70 % (114) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Other religions | +0.7 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 50 of 114 texts |
| Family and children | +0.8 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 40 of 114 texts |
| Work and performance | +0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 35 of 114 texts |
| Education and science | +0.7 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 29 of 114 texts |
| Illness and death | +0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 26 of 114 texts |
| Poverty and care | +0.8 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 19 of 114 texts |
| Migration and strangers | +0.7 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 18 of 114 texts |
| Money and possessions | +0.0 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 15 of 114 texts |
| State and politics | -0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 10 of 114 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | +0.1 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 9 of 114 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.7 as a danger or transgression that is warned against | 7 of 114 texts |
| Marriage and partnership | +0.8 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 6 of 114 texts |
| Law and punishment | +0.0 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 6 of 114 texts |
| Environment and animals | -0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 4 of 114 texts |
| Gender and roles | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 3 of 114 texts |
A woman tells how a personal encounter with Jesus transformed her anger over the loss of her mother into peace and forgiveness.
A sermon on Sardis that warns living congregations against being inwardly dead and calls to remember, hold fast, and turn toward Jesus.
A sermon on Isaiah that connects judgment and messianic hope and encourages the congregation to keep reading and to be sent.
A sermon that uses the film Terminator 2 as an analogy for the saving message of Jesus Christ and calls to discipleship.
The text describes the life phase of youth and Generation Z according to Guardini and connects this with the question of how a church can reach the next generation.
Jesus rejects no one; through his death the way to God is open to all, regardless of guilt or status.