I have watched a troubling shift take place in churches across North America. Many pastors no longer see the careful, patient, week-after-week exposition of Scripture as the main task of Sunday worship. Instead of revering the inerrant, perfect, sufficient Holy Word of God, and opening the text and explaining what God has said, they are instead more concerned about creating an atmosphere. They craft an experience. They build a service that feels exciting, motivational, or emotionally charged. The fog machines…