The Coming Evangelical Collapse

This link [http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.htm] is to a good article about where the author thinks the evangelical church is headed today. Below are my comments about the article and also where my head is at the present time.

I think this gentleman is "right on" most of the time. As he said, all he proposes will not be correct, but the general pervasive thrust is correct, at least I believe so. What can we as Christians do? Well, first we must be sure that we do not get caught up into just what the western organized "church" says we are to believe, profess and how to act. By that I don't mean we are not to listen. I do mean we are to individually judge that what is being taught and the direction being professed is truly in line with what Christ and the apostles laid out in God's Word. The responsibility is mine and mine alone, not for someone to do for me. Second, we must get our heads out of all this Bible study and start exercising what we know, always evaluate and assess and go back to the Bible and study some more, but then get back out and exercise. Our faith and beliefs are always growing, stretching and being legitimately challenged. We must listen and exercise. Third, we must completely disassociate ourselves from this quasi-cultural, political movement that has taken over our churches and Christians. God is not a conservative or a liberal, a Republican or a Democrat. He is God! He is only on His side and not on any one organization or movement. Satan has been successful in getting Christians' eyes and hearts off of God and the death and resurrection of Christ and onto whether abortion, homosexuality, same sex marriage and the like are accepted or rebuffed. Tough call, but Satan knows these things will not save people. And he is much more interested in this. We must consistently and honestly examine our hearts and know that we are firmly on sound footing with Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit to save and then change lives. Then profess this in our lives and in every way possible. That must be our motivator, not the issues of the day. I am reminded of something Bob Russell said in one of his sermons. (I paraphrase) "The battle over abortion will not be won or lost in the courts or in Washington or state capitals. It will be won or lost each morning when each person looks at themselves in the mirror." That is true for absolutely every issue we face in this world. I'm done now. Do you get the impression I'm passionate about this?