You Are Not the Only One

Ash trees are dying at an alarming rate all over the Midwest, the culprit – the Emerald Ash Boer.  These trees, however, aren’t dying overnight; it generally takes about 3 years for these insects to kill their host.  Nevertheless, unless some drastic intervention occurs, once they show up they not only kill the tree they infect, but they quickly proliferate and infect all the surrounding Ash trees.  The results are visually devastating; it’s an eerie thing to see an entire grove of dead trees.  Soon Ash trees will be a very rare thing in this part of the country. Regrettably, it looks like American Evangelicalism is suffering a similar fate.  However, before continuing it must be clearly stated that the church of the Lord Jesus Christ is not dying.  Jesus is the Lord of the universal invisible church; and as such he is continually building his church, his body, and…