A true follower of Christ has the indwelling Holy Spirit to discern that the professed Bible-believing church in America has drifted. The lights go down and the “worship arts team” spends 30 minutes or more performing the audience into an emotional, quasi-spiritual experience. Then the pastor takes the “stage” and roams, gesticulates, and emotes his (or her) way through a 25-minute “sermon” of life-coaching with personal stories, humor, props and a few quasi-Christian principles mixed in.
So it makes perfect sense why well-known researcher Dr. George Barna finds that…
Only two percent of professed Christian parents have a Biblical worldview
Just one-half of self-described Christian parents accept the Bible as the true and trustworthy words of God
One out of every four do not bother to praise, worship, or thank God during a typical week.
This is a death spiral for the church, families, and even our country. And yet, Christ continues to build His church—not necessarily the visible brick-and-mortar church but the invisible remnant of true believers.