The Tragedy of the Modern Church Is That She’s Indistinguishable From the World

Walk into almost any modern Evangelical church today, and you might be forgiven for wondering whether you’ve mistakenly stumbled into a concert hall, a corporate team-building event, or maybe even the set of a reality TV show. The flashing lights, slick branding, and carefully choreographed “worship experiences” give off a whiff of marketing genius, but there’s something sinister lurking beneath the polished facade.

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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