clipped from www.ericbarger.com

Many churches are counting on the entertainment factor to carry them because they are in fact void of spiritual depth and power. No matter how well executed or presented, "special effects", trite skits or "positive" sermonettes are just so much drivel without the supernatural hand of God upon them. Perhaps, in the natural, it is simply easier to attract and then appease the carnality of men instead of making the uncomfortable stands which God's word implores us to make. If we lead our congregations to focus on shallow, eternally vacant and theologically errant gimmicks like the "Forty Days of Purpose" then praying, fasting, studying and seeking God for a bona fide supernatural encounter such as the early Church regularly experienced will seem far less risky - or important. God help us!