As we see traditional institution after traditional institution fall – whether it is the late great Boy Scouts of America; or perverted movies, books or music…or whether it is one mega-church pastor falling after another or so-called responsible adults indoctrinating our public school children with graphic sex ‘education’ instead of math and science – the wheels have come off the bus. One would be tempted to say “who can blame even Christians for being fearful about the present and the future”.

Just this past month the Barna Survey confirmed what we have been observing. The amount of “Nones” – those who have no faith in any belief system, has increased five fold in the past 50 years.  Because of the type of churches we run, we have run off our youth when they “escape” at age 18 as they see pastors more concerned with maintaining their fiefdom and holding on to tithers, than addressing the true needs of the congregation. The scary high numbers of those who say they will never return to church…and who have in fact, walked away from Jesus Christ, will be blamed in part on these church leaders – locally and nationally.

The gist of this brief post is not to bust on those who are falling short to teach the Sufficiency of Scripture to the flock, but to embark on, no matter how small, a drive to show us that we can be concerned without being fearful. The first thing we need to do is realize WHOSE we are. First of all – are we even saved, redeemed and rejuvenated by the Holy Spirit…that is, are we born again? I can’t even remember hearing a preacher use the word “rejuvenation” in the recent past…but this is what MUST happen.