[sangoo]

This attitude is the reason why I no longer attend church services. I want to hear the Word, not be entertained.

I hear ya! I have to drag myself there every Sunday, and am about ready to stay home myself. There are some good preachers on the radio (MacArthur, Stanley, McGee) that will fill me and convict me much more than the Saddleback style of entertainment.

[Lexinom]

You might try listening to the online sermons at http://www.hnrc.org as well. Those are convicting, experiential grace sermons, not dry lectures nor schmooze sessions. Just the Word of truth.

[Not A Snowbird]

Have you ever attended a Saddleback service?

[anncoulteriscool]

****I hear ya! I have to drag myself there every Sunday, and am about ready to stay home myself. There are some good preachers on the radio (MacArthur, Stanley, McGee) that will fill me and convict me much more than the Saddleback style of entertainment*****

I love MacArthur. I have alot of his books and tapes. MacArthur has a tape out called "Does the Truth Matter" about these issues of watering down doctrine. Its an excellent tape.

[The Grammarian]

Don't just give up, though. While I agree completely with you about "megachurches," and I won't say that radio ministries like MacArthur or John Piper (I think he has a radio broadcast) or The Wesleyan Hour (www.wesleyan.org/twh/) don't do a lot of good, you need to have interaction and involvement with other Christians in order to grow, as well (Hebrews 10:25).

Try to find a church in your area that you can tolerate. Or heck, if you have a group of like-minded Christian friends, I suppose you could set up a house church--meet at someone's house and speak about what the Lord's done in your lives this week and worship him together.