“When worship becomes entertainment, when the songs are designed for performance rather than participation, the congregation ceases to be a part of it. They watch. They sway. They close their eyes and let the show unfold. Worship has been stolen from the people—and ultimately, stolen from God—and handed to the professionals.”
(The Dissenter) The lights dim. A soft purple haze spreads across the stage, a carefully manufactured mist rising from hidden fog machines like some mystical veil between heaven and earth. The lead singer, a guy with the vocal timbre of a teenage boy penning poetry in his journal, breathes into the microphone, eyes closed, hand outstretched in longing.
“Take me back to the garden, lead me back to the moment I saw Your face,” he croons.
The melody drips with sentiment, a love song aching for a cosmic embrace. In the crowd, hands sway, heads tilt, and a soft, collective sigh rises. This isn’t the Church worshiping the Ancient of Days—this is an Emily Henry novel set to music.
CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18 such as Hillsong.