Countercultural Worship: A Plea to Evangelicals in a Secular Age

While most people in the Western world affirm the existence of God or a "higher power," this conviction has little to do with daily life. God is marginalized in the public square and in the day-to-day lives of most people. This secular approach to life is the most serious challenge the church faces.

McKim's contention is that what happens in many evangelical churches on Sunday mornings has also become deeply secularized, with an unrecognized shift in focus away from God to the needs, desires...