I think the problem with the church in the US today is that it’s afraid to teach the whole message of God.
The Bible contains a message of love as well as a warning of discipline. Churches today are afraid to teach about the discipline of God for fear of driving away the masses. Yes, in many aspects, a church is like a business and it must meet it’s financial obligations, but that doesn’t give it license to ignore part of the message that God has for the world. The whole point of a church is to bring people into a relationship with God. If the message its giving is incomplete, it’s inaccurate and thus the church is inaccurately representing God to the people. Without periodic reminders that God is willing to discipline those He loves, people will push the envelope further and further until we end up with a society that’s, well, what we have today; a people feeling self-sufficient due to living a life already cushy from the blessings God has previously bestowed. We can see this cycle in the history of the Jewish people and now we are going through it ourselves.
Will we learn from what God let happen to His chosen people?
Will we wake up in time to save ourselves? I fear not, which will spell the doom of our once great nation.
Daniel
