This isn’t biblically how church was meant to be—it’s a pale imitation, a manufactured spectacle where the line between holy and secular has been thoroughly erased. And the tragedy is, it’s not just the big names like Hillsong, Elevation, Bethel, or Church by the Glades anymore. No, this disease has spread like a plague to the vast majority of Evangelical churches.

They all want to stay relevant, but in chasing that cultural dragon, they’ve lost their identity. And the result? The people of God are left groping in the dark, unsure whether they’re worshiping God or merely being entertained.

It wasn’t long ago that even the smallest churches understood the gravity of what they were about. They knew worship was a holy, set-apart time—a time to approach the throne of grace with reverence. But now, churches from coast to coast, no matter how humble or obscure, seem desperate to play catch-up with the big boys. […]

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