The Bible Column - The "seeker" oriented, "Purpose Driven" church

“Preach the word…for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they reap to themselves teachers having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” II Timothy 4:2-4
The time identified in the verses above is presently upon us. The Biblical theme for church services of, “Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine,” …has been replaced in many church services by “Seeker Friendly”, “Club Church”, “Big and Successful”, sales and promotional strategies of church building.
Sometime ago I received the following statement via email. The author is unknown to me. Please consider this vivid explanation of “church” as it is today in many circles.
The “seeker” oriented, “Purpose Driven” church tends to preach a half-baked, worldly mixture that lures people into a slick pop movement that appeals to people’s worldly senses and need to be a part of something big and “successful.” We are now in the era of ‘Club Church’, in which the devil has gotten millions to flock to large religious machines that preach such a compromised, Spirit-less Gospel, as to be spiritually ineffectual and irrelevant concerning God’s true plan and desire for us, especially in these end-times. The “seeker” driven, “purpose driven” church, is primarily driven by idolizing popular styles and trends, that pooh-pooh traditional, “negative” aspects of church (many of which had become cold and spiritless) such as preaching too much Truth that convicts, which rightly makes people feel uncomfortable. The devil loves to inoculate “seekers” with a religious mixture designed to soothe their spiritual aching to some degree, mostly by stimulating their senses and emotions while providing little effectual spiritual regeneration in Christ. Practically speaking, it employs worldly and compromised STYLES (developed through marketing i.e.: “what do non-Christians want to hear and experience?”) over the SUBSTANCE of biblical Truth and spiritual worship.
Rather, our theme must remain that of II Timothy 4:2, to “Preach the Word”, “Honor the Lord”, “Watch thou in all things”, and “make full proof of thy ministry” as the Apostle Paul instructed young Timothy. II Timothy 4:5
May the Lord strengthen you and me to be faithful to Him today!