THE SECULARIZATION OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANTIY
The Body of Christ is no longer recognized as such but is just a group of like minded people who have formed an organization to their liking.
The building where the Body of Christ meets is no longer a holy temple but just a building.
Its design no longer reflects the holiness of the kingdom of heaven but the ordinary ugliness of a meeting hall.
The sanctuary has been replaced by a stage.
The holy altar has been replaced by a lectern or pulpit.
The service of Holy Communion has been replaced by a preacher, lecture or sermon
The icons of the saint, martyrs and angels have been replaced by plain bare walls, mood lighting, theatre screens and folding padded seats just like in a theatre.
The services are no longer built around the Gospel for the day but all manner of secular themes and celebrations in step with the world.
America and the flag is more celebrated, honored and venerated than the Church and the heroes of the Church.
The “holy” days of the church year are really the secular days of the world.
The holy chanting that conveys spiritual compunction has been replaced by Hollywood and Grand ole Opry style entertainment that appeals to the flesh.
The modest and chaste dress that identifies the worshipers as being in a holy place has been replaced by all manner of immodest and suggestive attire and behavior more fitting for a night club or a house of ill repute.
The fasting to prepare to receive the Lord’s Body and Blood has been replaced by snack bars and even coffee drinking during the service.
The atmosphere of prayerful preparation that approaches God in holy awe has been replaced by loud, boisterous, passionate laughter, jesting and all manner of secular conversations.
Everything resembles a concert in a concert hall for the entertainment of the people.
There is no accountability to anyone for what the people belief or how they live.
There is no such thing as heresy and no such thing a discipline.
American Christianity, by and large, is thoroughly secularized in appearance, understanding and message and bears little or no resemblance to the historic Church of Christ.
