In God in the Wastelands, Wells notes that holiness has become irrelevant in many of our churches. This culture then shapes the life of the church. It should avoid speaking of negative matters like sin. Not only so, but what has distinquished the Church in its appearance and functions should now be abandoned. In order to be attractive to people today, church buildings should not look that different from corporate headquarters, malls, or country clubs.
Entertainment is a poor substitute for reverence.
Neil Postman worries over how the entertainment industry has influenced education, politics, and religion in North America. Not so, apparently. The Christian religion isn't about lament or repentance or humbling oneself before God to receive God's favor. It's not about the hard, disciplined work of mortifying our sinful self and learning to make God's purposes our own. It's not about the inevitable failures in this project and the persistent grace of Jesus Christ that comes so that we might begin again.