Why does the witness of the church seem to have so little impact on the world? 

Why are many churches declining in membership while secularism surges forward? 

Is the church winning the world—or is the world winning the church? 

Perhaps, suggests Ruth Jaeger Buntain, the church has seriously compromised itself—adopting the beliefs, lifestyle, and attitudes of the very world it seeks to reach. 

Perhaps too many Christians are like empty clouds drifting by—clouds that promise rain but do not deliver.