What happens to someone who professed faith in Jesus Christ as a student or child, but now many years later, shows no interest in spiritual things? Are they saved? What does the Bible say?

We sometimes hear the platitude, “You can be a Christian without going to church,” but this can be misleading. God has given us the church, and while any church has its failures and shortcomings, followers of Christ are meant to grow in a community of believers.

Recent remarks by Pete Hegseth as the Secretary of War (formerly Defense) suggest that he may embrace Theonomy theology, which advocates for the Mosaic Law of the Old Testament to be the basis of our laws.