I believe the "10% Temple Tax" which is falsely being preached by most Christian Church leaders is keeping those who see The Church as "A Den of Thieves" from attending Church services. Remember Our Lord Jesus says all-ways "that "money is the other god", and so should not be discused in the "House of God"! michael

Of course we can't have Christ on "solo" terms. But that alone doesn’t prove Mohler’s point. Where does the New Testament equate being a Christian with "attending" a church "service"? (Don’t say Hebrews 10:25; it doesn’t say that.) And which aspects of communal Christian life that Mohler cites can ONLY be found inside the man-made organization (and activities) we’ve come to call "church"? The Church, the ekklesia, is an organism, not an organization – or a building. Many Christians have found that it is God himself who is calling his people out of their "churches" and the false sense of community and morality they so often create, and into homes and closer communities where true Christian relationships, encouragement and accountability, on a much deeper and more day-to-day level, may be lived out. And no amount of mischaracterization or "beating the sheep back into the barn" is going to prevent that. Hebrews 13:13: "Let us go to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach." Peace.

This article is right on! "Believing without belonging" throws the church's identity as Christ's body right out the window. The epsitles of the New Testamant speak over and over again about the church being unified in love and against dissentions, factions, and divisions.

John MacArthur has a really good sermon related to this but from a more positive angle of commitment to the church. Here's a link to listen to it.
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Grace_to_You/archives.asp?bcd=3/23/2007

Hebrews 10: 24-25 "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Great information, would like to see if Mohler had further thoughts about this topic. It seemed to end abruptly. Perhaps a blog of sorts to read more.