"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein." (Jer. 6:16)

University of Wisconsin historian Thomas Reeves indicts popular religious belief and service. He writes: "Christianity in modern America is, in large part, innocuous. It tends to be easy, upbeat, convenient, and compatible. It does not require self-sacrifice, discipline, humility, an other-world outlook, a zeal for souls, a fear as well as love of God. There is little guilt and no punishment, and it imagines that the payoff in heaven is virtually certain."

Indeed, most religious people today are given over to the social gospel, and their churches are nothing more than social clubs. What we need today is a true revival, restoring the old paths that lead to salvation.