attractions, but the church of Jesus Christ circles the globe. If God accomplished all of this with a few disciples with little or no social influence and no political connections, why does it seem incredible to accomplish something similar with hundreds of millions of believers today? Is the gospel any less effective? In his book The Vanishing Conscience, pastor John MacArthur tries to argue that “ ‘Reclaiming’ the culture is a pointless, futile exercise. I am convinced,”