{"id":83629,"date":"2026-06-13T09:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83629"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:19:43","slug":"the-spiritual-impact-of-a-generation-that-no-longer-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/the-spiritual-impact-of-a-generation-that-no-longer-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiritual Impact Of A Generation That No Longer Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>PNW<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A quiet crisis is unfolding across America, and unlike many of the cultural battles that dominate headlines, this one receives surprisingly little attention.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The next generation is losing the ability to read deeply, think critically, and comprehend complex ideas. According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), reading scores among American 12th graders have fallen to their lowest levels since tracking began in 1992.\u00a0Yet perhaps the most overlooked consequence is the spiritual one.\u00a0\u00a0For Christians, this crisis strikes at the heart of discipleship itself.\u00a0God chose to reveal Himself primarily through a written book.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From PNW: A quiet crisis is unfolding across America, and unlike many of the cultural battles that dominate headlines, this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83632,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83629\/revisions\/83632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}