What I see in American churches too often is half-hearted “Christians-in-name-only” (CINO) who don’t want to be wholehearted in their pursuit of God’s will. They don’t want to learn to hear God’s voice or understand true doctrine because that will upset their comfort.

They seem to want to persecute those who stand up with a voice of truth that points them to listen to God for themselves. In the 40 years prior to me hearing God’s voice in prayer, I did the country-club Christianity thing myself. So I recognize it when I see it being paraded through the churches. I have spent the last 20+ years offering to teach others to hear God’s voice and disputing the false doctrines in the church. As a country-club Christian, I was well loved having many seats of honor in the churches, but once I started hearing God speak, I was as unhappy with “them” as they were with me. They saw me as the enemy instead of as someone who could open their blind eyes with truth. All these years later, I’m sure that they don’t want truth. They want half-hearted Christianity.

What use does God have for half-hearted Christianity? Why would God accept or reward being ignored? Could half-truths ever be God’s desire for His church? Could false teachers ever be God’s favored? Could the Bible ever replace hearing God’s voice in prayer?