Quote for the Day

"....The gospel has become big business, and all sorts of strange birds are perched in the branches. Our personality cult has gone full circle, and now we are promoting ministry and merchandise the way the world promotes toothpaste and used cars. ....We made it easy for people to be `successful' in Christian work as long as they had talent and could get a crowd. It wasn't important to be holy. It was important to have a great press release. A subtle change took place: many churches almost ceased to be congregations assembled to worship God and became audiences gathered together to watch men. Believers who used to be participants in sacred liturgy became spectators in religious performance." -- Warren Wiersbe, "The Integrity Crisis," pp. 46, 47