I know it’s happening already, but you are gonna see people leave their churches over political differences. Not even because of the pastor, but friends. Not woke enough, too woke, don’t get it, etc.

It is not exaggerating when it is claimed to be religion.

Gonna see right wing folks leave their gospel centered churches for more of a God and Country, who talk about riots more than race, everything is about “our values”, red meat Fox News church.

You’re gonna see progressives leave their gospel centered churches to places that talk about racial justice every week, and the pastor tweets anti Trump regularly. Hating Trump is religion.

It’s coming fast. I can even tell you where each “camp” ends up in town.

Gospel lite, America strong. The gospel is the last 2 minutes of a sermon to set up the required invitation

Or

The gospel is merely social. Everything is about shared personal experiences, being mad about parents religion raised in, and what’s wrong with the church.

Choose gospel centrality. It will make you uncomfortable in all the good ways. It will stretch your views about everything political and identity. Gospel centered churches, it won’t be enough in the eyes of our 2020 world, but stay the course. The hope of the world.

The church is not going to divide over theology or the Bible, but American politics and secondary identities. We should grieve.