There are a lot of issues that I feel have been overlooked or purposely ignored from the pulpits of evangelical churches for a number of years. Issues like sin; God’s wrath; proper view of the church and its preeminence in the ministry of the gospel; submission to Biblical authority and I could keep going. Part of this avoidance is the lack of theologically savvy pastors, the wrong belief that the people of God can’t handle the truth (can you hear Jack Nicholson speaking in “A Few Good Men”) but the one reason that sets me off is the relevance issues. Church growth gurus see some of these topics as irrelevant in people’s lives so they ignore them. One of the major issues that today’s church is wimpy on is eschatology (even the name will throw Christians). Eschatology is the study of future things and it has been ridiculed as being irrelevant and not helpful to people’s personal spiritual journey. So people are uninformed of how the world’s history will unfold. There lack of understand and ignorance is highlighted by comments by some Christians who have said that President Obama is the antichrist. When you proper educate on the end times, you understand what in the world God is doing and you are motivated to be busy at raising up righteousness and evangelizing as many people as possible. Eschatology becoming a motivational fact in Christian’s lives. When there is no Biblical or spiritual motivation, there is no involvement with world or cultural affairs. Knowing the end is crucial for providing people with the “HOPE” --- and that is what we have been told the world is looking for. My empathetic nature is sad for all the people who have placed their hope & trust in candidates, money, themselves, education – when they can and should what is our only and true “Blessed Hope.” Until Christians have a regular diet of end times teaching without fanaticism and hype-emotionalism, the church will not be able to speak with confidence what the future holds for the world or equally important warn them of the coming cataclysmic end to the earth!