The Church in America has moved from teaching what is true to teaching what works. Personal growth and satisfaction take precedence over truth.

“The ultimate consequence of Christianity centered on personal issues and self-improvement is that theology becomes therapy, the search for righteousness is replaced by the search for happiness, holiness by wholeness, and truth by feeling, and God’s sovereignty is diminished to whatever it takes to have a good day.” (Harper and Metzger, Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction.)