Leonard Ravenhill, the author of "Why Revival Tarries", once said, "The church right now has more fashion than passion, is more pathetic than prophetic and is more superficial than supernatural" and that was in 1959. There are good people in every church, good programs in every ministry and good churches on every corner but I don't think the Son of God died for "good." When I think of Jesus Christ hanging on the cross, giving his life for me, and then I look at my own life and the church, I often think, He had to die for more than what I am seeing and experiencing. He died out of love but surely that love demands or deserves more than what casual Christianity is offering in this day and time.
There is a need for a renewed sense of commitment