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Yep...good speakers...although am not familiar Parshall. I do think true believers will tighten up amongst themselves as we see these things come upon the church. And this also with churches of true faith, (though not under the council of the world council of churches, that would be a huge mistake!), more in the venue of His spirit drawing us closer who are believers.

Some have mentioned in the past the true church will go underground as the institutional church becomes more and more secular and accepting other religions. I suspect this in the Tribulation period. Interesting is in all my relocations thru the years these past five years it has become more difficult finding a church that's solid when I arrive in a new community. Primarily because the Pastor or leader isn't solid himself, and many seemed more concerned with raising the numbers and building empires. They preach Jesus but it seems often just tacking His name onto their agendas rather than seeking Him first.

It has been said..”So goes the Pastor so goes the church”...I have seen this to be true. I generally will meet with a Pastor to learn where he stands on certain issues both Biblical and World wide for that reason. Too many are leading their congregations into “spiritual” experiences.....as Quix’z wise teacher told him...we do "walk by faith not by feelings". Experiences can be misleading in the hype of the moment once the show begins.

BTW I attended a Wesleyan church for almost 2 yrs. and impressed. As for Calvinists...they too bring their share of good to the table I think...though I may differ on some issues they are for the most part Solid in their understanding of Christ.

Thank you for your posts...
CW

Janet Parshall is someone I discovered listening to the radio on a Saturday afternoon. She's a radio program host in the spirit of a Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham but comes from a decidedly conservative Christian standpoint. I've listed her website below.

http://www.moodyradio.org/inthemarketwithjanetparshall/

We are in agreement about the status of the modern church. It's getting very difficult to find a good one anymore. Most of them in my area are liberal leaning, and many suffer from a lack of enthusiasm. I'm wary of larger churches and while that's not to say they are all bad, I find the majority do not preach a gospel that is biblical. Like you said, they are interested in numbers, not substance.

It will come down to, like you said, where the true church will go underground. I think we are starting to see preparations being made for that amongst true God-fearing people. I'm sure you've probably thought about it as a contingency, and so have I. When that happens, there will be no more Calvinists, Wesleyans, Anabaptist, etc. Hopefully we will be gone before that eventuality becomes reality.

It's been great conversing with you my brother. It appears this thread has been a gathering place for like-minded believers (well, almost nearly like-minded :-) ) on FR. I count it a privilege to have gotten to know you as well as others here. God bless you my friend.

There has been research...I believe from Barna...that points to more Christians moving away from the “organized church” and into more small faith communities such as House Churches for some of the same reasons you have mentioned. If I recall the numbers correctly, the majority of Christians in this country will not be attending “organized church” with in a generation. We just might be “going underground”.