This quote really hit me, so I pimped it from Noel's blog:
From an article in The Christian Examiner, here are some thoughts on and about Erwin McManus from Mosaic in Los Angeles:

Erwin McManus marvels at the majestic creatures he's found at animal parks around the world. Despite efforts to recreate their homes in the wild, the animals no longer instinctively hide and hunt. So pampered they've become, he said, that they couldn't possibly survive out of captivity.

His own instincts tingled with the monotonous sense of familiarity.

"This is so much like what I hear in churches," the pastor and national speaker said. "People are just sitting there waiting to get fed. How many years do you have to be fed until you come to live (the way God intended)?...

"It is true that the enemy will essentially leave you alone if you are domesticated. He will not waste his energy destroying a civilized religion. If anything, he uses his energy to promote such activity. Religion can be one of the surest places to keep us from God. When our faith becomes refined, it is no longer dangerous to the dark kingdom."