Is This the Most Blasphemous Church in Modern Times? | John MacArthur Motivation

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Is This the Most Blasphemous Church in Modern Times? | John MacArthur Motivation

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Is the modern church trading truth for tolerance? Are pulpits today proclaiming Christ—or promoting culture? In this gripping 17-minute sermon styled after Pastor John F. MacArthur, we confront one of the most urgent spiritual crises of our time: the rise of churches that exalt worldly ideologies over the inerrant Word of God. With biblical boldness, we expose false shepherds, call out irreverent worship, and sound a clear trumpet for the remnant to return to truth.

Whether you're a pastor, a truth-seeking believer, or someone troubled by what the church is becoming, this sermon will challenge, convict, and awaken you. Stand firm in a time when truth is under siege.

✅ Why Should You Watch?
Because silence is not an option. This sermon doesn’t pull punches—it pulls back the curtain on what many call “church” today but is, in fact, a platform for cultural blasphemy. You’ll hear biblical truth unapologetically proclaimed, cultural lies dismantled, and the authority of God’s Word restored. If you care about the purity of the Gospel, the future of the church, and the glory of Christ, this message is for you. Don’t just watch—wake up.

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00:00is this the most blasphemous church in modern times it grieves me deeply to say this but we are living in an age when the church once the bulwark of truth is now in many corners the fountain-head of blasphemy

00:15there is a church not in some distant pagan land but in the heart of our so-called christian culture that parades itself as a house of god while denying the very god it claims to worship it proclaims love but rejects holiness it celebrates self but silences repentance it hosts drag shows on the altar and calls them worship it rewrite scripture to endorse sin and worse

00:45uses the name of jesus to do it we must ask the question is this the most blasphemous church in modern times and if it is how do we get here the answer is tragically simple

00:57when a church ceases to be anchored to the inerrant sufficient and authoritative word of god it becomes not the bride of christ but a harlot chasing after the approval of men

01:09to-day i am not here to entertain i am here to warn and i am here to call the faithful back to the word to the cross to the fear of the lord because judgment begins in the house of god the authority of scripture v s

01:23cultural conformity one of the most tragic signs of spiritual decay in our time is the way many churches some with massive followings and global influence have abandoned the authority of scripture in favor of cultural conformity

01:39this betrayal is not subtle it is open defiant and often celebrated as progress but what they call progress god calls rebellion at the heart of this issue is the fundamental question who gets to define truth god or man

01:56for the faithful the answer has always been clear the bible is not a cultural artifact it is not a living document to be revised with each generation's whims

02:09it is the eternal unchanging inspired word of god when a church ceases to preach and live by that word it ceases to be a church in any biblical sense

02:21yet today we see churches proudly affirming what god condemns they redefine marriage blur gender distinctions and celebrate lifestyles that scripture explicitly identifies as sin

02:36they claim to be inclusive but what they really offer is a false gospel one that cannot save because it does not confront sin

02:46does not call for repentance and does not point people to the saving work of christ such churches often argue they are being loving by affirming cultural identities and rejecting legalistic doctrines but what greater cruelty can there be than to tell people they are safe in their sin love does not lie true love tells the truth even when it is costly

03:14jesus did not die to affirm us in our brokenness he died to redeem us from it this modern conformity is not merely a theological drift it is an outright rejection of the lordship of christ when a church places cultural ideologies whether they be related to sexuality gender race or politic above the commands of christ it no longer serves the kingdom

03:42the kingdom of god it becomes a servant of the kingdom of god it becomes a servant of the spirit of the age paul warned timothy that the time would come when people would no longer endure sound teaching but would gather around teachers who suit their own passions to tim

03:56for three that time is not coming it is here and entire churches are now shaped not by expository preaching but by public opinion polls and social media trends we are not called to conform to the world we are called to be set apart rom

04:1712 12 to a church that bends to culture loses its saltiness its light and ultimately its witness it may retain crowds and applause but it forfeits the presence of god this is why we must urgently proclaim the authority of scripture not as a suggestion but as the foundation of all true worship doctrine and christian life anything less is not just compromise it is blasphemy

04:46false shepherds and wolves in the pulpit there is perhaps no greater danger to the church today than those who claim to be shepherds of god's people while leading them into destruction scripture is not silent about such individuals

05:05jesus warned of wolves in sheep's clothing matthew 7 15 paul warned the ephesian elders that from among their own number men would arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves acts 20 30

05:20and yet in our time many pulpits are filled with exactly these kinds of leaders the most blasphemous churches are not those where sin simply exists

05:29thin exists in every congregation because sinners fill every pew

05:34no the most dangerous churches are those where sin is celebrated where it is protected by leadership and where the gospel is redefined to accommodate it

05:47these churches are led by false shepherds who preach peace where there is no peace who tell people they are children of god while never calling them to be born again these are not minor theological differences

06:02we are not dealing with disagreements over secondary doctrines we are dealing with men and women who wear the robes of pastors but deny the truth of the word dismiss the wrath of god and distort the grace of christ into a license for immorality jude 4

06:20they preach self-fulfillment instead of self-denial they call evil good and good evil isaiah 5 20 and they do it all under the banner of christ they stand in pulpits and assure people that god affirms their identities regardless of how those identities contradict his commands

06:43they baptize rebellion in the name of authenticity they redefine love to mean uncritical acceptance but the love of god does not affirm what god hates a true shepherd will feed the sheep with truth not poison them with lies

06:59the result of such leadership is catastrophic people believe they are safe because a pastor told them so not realizing that the one who comforts them in sin is the very one placing their souls in peril

07:14these false teachers are not misguided they are dangerous they are not building up the church they are desecrating it from within and yet they are applauded their churches grow

07:27they are invited to speak on national platforms they are hailed as brave for reimagining christianity in a way that feels less offensive to the world but remember this the world never crucified a soft spoken agreeable tolerant messiah

07:46it crucified a savior who preached repentance confronted hypocrisy and declared no one comes to the father except through me

07:55we must not be deceived by charisma production value or cultural acceptance the mark of a true shepherd is not how trendy his message is but how faithful he is to the word of god

08:08when the pulpit fails the church falls and today many have already fallen not from lack of influence but from lack of truth

08:17this is why we must expose the wolves defend sound doctrine and raise up shepherds who tremble at the word of the lord

08:26three reverence replaced by entertainment and blasphemy the church was never meant to entertain the world it was meant to confront it

08:36the modern church however has become a stage a theater and in some cases a circus reverence has been replaced by irreverence

08:45the holiness of god has been traded for the applause of men and many churches now host events and performances that would be blasphemous

08:54even in the eyes of pagans a generation ago where once we gathered with awe and trembling before a holy god we now see sanctuaries turned into concert halls

09:05sermons have become td talks the sacred pulpit has been replaced by a spotlighted platform and in the most extreme cases

09:13churches parade drag performers reimagine jesus as a political activist rewrite scripture in gender neutral terms and host profanity

09:22lace skits during worship

09:24this is not liberty it is lawlessness this is not contextualization it is corruption when worship becomes entertainment god becomes a mascot and church becomes a performance for consumers rather than a gathering of saints

09:40the god is not mocked galatians 6 7 he is not amused by our efforts to modernize worship by removing its very essence reverence repentance and truth

09:53the god who struck down uzzah for touching the ark to samuel 6 and who killed ananias and sapphire for lying to the holy spirit acts 5 has not changed blasphemy is not just the denial of god it is

10:10he is treating the holy as common when churches turn the lord's table into a joke when they mock the cross by preaching self

10:19love when they use christ's name to promote sin rather than condemn it they blaspheme the god they claim to serve

10:27god's people are called to worship in spirit and in truth john 4 24 that means with sincerity guided by scripture and filled with the spirit not gimmicks and worldly distractions

10:40the early church met with fear and trembling with a deep sense of god's presence today many churches meet with light shows and fog machines hoping to entertain people into the kingdom but no one was ever truly saved by being entertained entertainment draws crowds truth draws the elect

10:58we must ask ourselves are we producing disciples or consumers worshipers or spectators if reverence is gone so is worship if god is not feared he is not honored and if he is not honored then what we're doing isn't church it's a blasphemous imitation

11:144. the church as a platform for progressive ideology one of the most sobering realities of our time is the way the church has been co-opted by secular ideologies many churches today no longer function as outposts of the kingdom of god but as platforms for progressive human centered agendas

11:365. rather than confronting the culture rather than confronting the culture they have bowed to it rather than preaching christ they preach activism identity and tolerance progressive ideology is not neutral it is a religion it has its own orthodoxy its own sacraments its own high priests and when it enters the church it does not coexist with biblical truth it replaces it in these churches the message is no longer about sin

12:06and salvation and salvation it's about affirmation and inclusion christ is presented not as savior and lord but as a symbol of liberation deconstructed to suit the narrative of the day the gospel becomes a tool for social change rather than the divine means of spiritual rebirth they talk more about intersectionality than iniquity more about systemic oppression than

12:35and individual repentance they preach about climate justice but not divine judgment they call for inclusion but refuse to include the doctrines of hell holiness or the exclusivity of christ this is not compassion it's compromise it is a soft betrayal with devastating consequences a church that allows

13:05to take the people of god and to teach the truth and not only to think of the scene to the truth be corruption of god itself instead of being salt and light it becomes a mirror of the world the problem is not merely that the church engages with social issues the problem is that it allows those issues to take the throne christ is no longer central the word is no longer final and the church becomes just another voice in the marketplace of ideologies stripped of power depth and truth

13:35Truth. Progressivism teaches that man is essentially good and must be affirmed. Scripture teaches that man is sinful and must be redeemed. You cannot believe both. One exalts human pride, the other demands human humility before a holy God. We must never forget. The Church does not exist to reflect culture. It exists to call culture to repentance.

14:01We are not political activists in robes. We are ambassadors of Christ 2 Corinthians 5.20, proclaiming a message of reconciliation to a world at war with God. When the Church trades its prophetic voice for a cultural echo, it forfeits its mission.

14:19It does not help the world. It joins the world in its rebellion. 5. A call for discernment and faithful witness, this is not a time for silence. It is a time for discernment. The spiritual deception infiltrating today's Church is not subtle. It is bold, public, and celebrated.

14:40But the remnant, the true Church, must not be intimidated into passivity. Discernment is not judgmentalism. It is obedience. Scripture commands it. Test everything. Hold fast what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5.21

14:57We are not to accept every teaching, every movement, or every Church that claims to be Christian. We are to measure all things by the Word of God. The Church in every age faces a defining crisis.

15:11In our time, it is this. Will we stand upon the unchanging truth of Scripture, or will we bow to the ever-changing demands of culture? Will we preach the narrow gate, or will we widen it to accommodate the masses?

15:27Faithfulness may cost us our popularity. It may cost us our buildings, our reputations, even our freedom. But what does it profit a Church to gain the world and lose its soul? Mark 8. 36. God does not need big Churches. He needs bold Churches.

15:43He does not call us to win applause. He calls us to proclaim His truth without shame. This means calling sin what it is, preaching Christ crucified, and shepherding people toward holiness, not comfort.

15:59We need pastors. We need pastors who fear God more than they fear man. We need churches that disciple, not entertain. We need believers who are grounded in truth, not swayed by trends. And we need courage. Courage to confront blasphemy, to defend doctrine, and to stand alone if necessary.

16:19God always preserves a remnant. God always raises a remnant. He always raises up faithful voices. But He also holds each generation accountable for how it treats His truth. This is the time to speak, to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints Jude 3.

16:37To shine the light into dark corners, to shine the light into dark corners, even when those corners call themselves churches, because judgment begins at the house of God, 1 Peter 4, 17.

16:48And if we will not weep over the blasphemy in God's name, if we will not call the Church to repentance, then we have no right to call ourselves faithful. Let the Church be the Church again. Let it tremble at His Word.

17:04Let it preach the blood of Christ, the power of the cross, and the glory of the risen Lord. Let us be found faithful when He comes.