Our culture has moved beyond the old idea that there is such a thing as evil in the world.
There is no evil, or at least no evil so powerful that some human program can’t overcome.
All that law and condemnation which brings about the need for grace and forgiveness just doesn’t suit us. It isn’t nuanced enough.
That is to say, the vast majority of people have a Rousseauean anthropology. They believe that human evil is not a matter of nature but nurture, and if we can just create the right conditions it’ll be cured. Where is room for the Gospel in that?
Sad thing is many in the Church believe the same thing and like to act religious but have surrendered so many biblical presuppositions they themselves don’t know why Jesus had to die to set the world right.
Add to that our constant need to be entertained and utter lack of willingness to make community with each other face to face and you have empty churches.
