Yes, I believe that God is working to get the sin and stupidity out of the charismatic movement. What we need is a revival of the fear of God, combined with a zeal to serve those in this world with the least of this world's goods. Jesus said preach the gospel to the poor, and it always the poor who respond best to the gospel.

The message has become polluted when its designed to make rich people feel comfortable in self-indulgence. After all, if the preacher leads a self indulgent wasteful lifestyle, for example, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on worthless trinkets every year to adorn his or her house, then the rich and famous can feel pretty comfortable too.

We have not rebuked sin in its various forms widely and pointedly enough. Its not enough to pick on a couple of forms of sin, as you point out. Its not like Jesus spent all his time campaigning against homosexuality and abortion, for example. These things are wrong, but we should concentrate our attacks on the sins which are crippling THE CHURCH. Because if the church is full of the love, power and authority of Christ IN PRACTICE, and it flows, a lot of sinners are going to repent and God will bring showers of blessing.

Anyway thanks for a thoughtful post.