Concerned for the Church Silent

I just finished my second reading of David Wells' discernment-filled book Above All Earthly Pow'rs. Because I liked the material so much, and because the material was, at times, difficult for me to fully grasp, I decided that I'd blog through it here.

This first quote is from the introduction and concerns the silence the church has had in the face of the serious evils we're facing in our world today, and what that says about it's overall health:

"...what has become conspicuous by its scarcity, and not least in the evangelical corner of [the Church], is a spiritual gravitas, one which could match the depth of horrendous evil and address issues of such seriousness. Evangelicalism, now much absorbed by the arts and tricks of marketing, is simply not very serious anymore" (4).

It seems to me that one of the objectives of this book is to address the American Church's lighthearted, superficial nature. I hope examining these things will address these things in my own heart and in my ministry in the future.