1. When men of God abandon the preaching of the gospel to become "social engineers and would be politicians" consumed with the temporary affairs of society

2. When the preaching of God's Word is substituted with relational anecdotal experience, personal happiness programs, health and wealth gospel, and human potentiality makeovers

3. When pastors no longer shepherd God's people and the pulpits become playgrounds

4. When psychology replaces biblical discipleship

5. When men of God are flattered to become "late night talk show guests" on cultural and spiritual issues, but never once open up the Bible to develop their answers; or call the nation, other guests, or the talk show host to repentance by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation; they've simply become culturally acceptable biblical motivational speakers thinking that access to mainstream media means they are making an impact

6. When the vicar of Rome is acknowledged as the vicar of Christ

7. When sin is called sickness; when disobedience is called disease; and when adultery is called addiction

8. When money becomes a prerequisite for ministry by charging people for the gospel, worship, discipleship, counseling, evangelism, etc.

9. When we are liked by all people; when the world is not offended by the message we represent and flatters us for being "relevant and nice"

10. When church becomes something we only do one hour a week on one day a week

11. When prayer becomes the seldom thing we do

12. When brothers and sisters hold ought against each other in bitterness and unforgiveness

13. When church discipline of sin ceases

14. When irreconcilable differences becomes an acceptable reason to break the covenant of marriage

15. When the goal of faith is no longer holiness, but happiness

16. When the object of faith is no longer Christ, but self

17. When the foundation of faith is no longer the Scriptures, but my personal experience

18. When error is tolerated and accepted as truth

19. When Christians partner with nonbelievers in the work of the ministry

20. When ministries are enticed to give up their autonomy and become owned by the world for just a little more money and a little more personal promotion

21. When the worship and glory of God is treated as entertainment

22. When the church bows the knee to the seminaries and surrenders her duty to train men for pastoral ministry; thinking that the academic schools of religious learning actually can make a pastor when all they can do is make students

23. When men personally profit from the sale of God's Word

24. When repentance from sin, justification by faith, the law, the active and passive obedience of Christ, penal substitutionary atonement, are no longer considered part of the gospel

25. When salvation is no longer proclaimed as being by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, on the Word alone, to the glory of God alone

26. When partnering with Romanism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Church of Christ (Bostonian), Seventh Day Adventists, Islamic moralists, Atheists, Agnostics, etc., by divorcing the centrality of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ from their burden for social change, and therefore, indirectly legitimize them as being "morally sound and culturally chaste" by naive evangelical leaders who have forgotten their heritage, sold their spiritual birthright, and have abandoned sound doctrine for the sole purpose of establishing politically-correct alliances in order to try and turn back the tide of moral decay through cultural co-belligerence.

27. When the offense of the cross is removed for cultural acceptance, media accessibility and endorsement

28. When the gospel is contextualized rather than being contended for, proclaimed and heralded

29. When the sacred desk is no longer used for biblical exposition, but for comedic stand up by ribald raconteurs who delight in smutty humor, foul language, graphic sensuality, and using the Lord's name as a punchline for their jokes

30. When the Word of God is not clearly taught, explained, exegeted, exposited, or preached from the pulpits of every true gospel church around the world