About 1600 years ago the church was adopted by Rome, millions of pagans flooded its membership. They brought with their pagan culture, their traditions and faith. The result was a thousand years of darkness, ignorance, and idolatry. In our day, Christian religion has been adopted by society. Untold millions have flooded their membership, so that there are churches on nearly every corner in the world. Politicians, entertainers, and famous people all lend their popularity and ideas to the crowd. All of a sudden Jesus and the gospel are socially acceptable. The results are the same; a church that bears no resemblance to the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. "Religion" has become man's chief defense against the true gospel! If there is one place that a man dare not preach the gospel of Gods' sovereign grace, it is in the average church.