Unsettled

I was visiting with an older Christian man this week that we do some business with. The conversation turned to his family and he told me his daughter just left the church she had been attending. A group of people didn't like something that was going on in the church, so they discussed it with their Pastor. They didn't like the way he handled the situation, so they switched to another church. He said he hears this sort of thing in all churches and denominations. People are restless, discontent, and self seeking. If they don't get their way or if the church isn't perfect, they move on.

I told him that I have observed the same.
Decades of Humanistic teaching and New Age advertising have made inroads in church culture. Church has to be convenient for our lifestyle rather than us matching our lifestyle to church. Old is bad, and new, improved is better, and we are too impatient to think about the long term effect of changes. We live for the moment and want instant gratification. Many Christians have become egocentric and self reliant. Our needs and desires take precedence over our church family. It seems people rely more on education and intellect than Spirit, Word, the hoary head, and the multitude of counselors. Christians have become fad followers and popular preacher followers. Worship is being replaced by entertainment. Church tradition is being replaced by secular traditions. Many Christians believe they can blend worldliness and spirituality.

I am speaking in general, and I don't pretend to have the answers.
But it seems to be a sign of the times and maybe a sign of the End times.


In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6


For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
II Timothy 4:3