The American church is in trouble. Much like the castles of old, Christians have walled themselves in to a society of people that agree with them, are safe to be with, and are committed to their protection. War is raging all around, and we sit in our secure facilities struggling over the meaningless dribble that fills our lives. People outside our circles are searching for answers. They are concluding that there is no God because they do not see Him at work in the world today. The basic concept of marriage is under attack. Children are being bought and sold. Psychologists and Psychiatrists are giving people false hope in new patterns, new drugs, new "thinking". MILLIONS are living empty, fruitless, dead lives because they do not know anything else. The enemy is waging war, taking prisoners, and WE ARE UNIMPACTED.Yes, I know, we pray for the unchurched. We talk about the unsaved. We even have "outreaches" to bring them into the castle (better not keep the door open too long, you never know what might come in...). HOWEVER...
We have laid our weapons of war down. We have fattened ourselves up with the pleasures and passions of this life. We have become anemic in our faith and cannot defend ourselves in battle. We have become a powerless generation that argues over theology, but neither studies God to know Him, nor implements the things we learn.
Our marriages are falling apart. Our children are walking away from truth. Our churches are watching their leaders fall. We are dying from the inside out.
I, for one am looking for something else, something more, something real. What about you???
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