I've also heard the same.

Persecution gets the sheep separated from the goats fairly quickly. You are right. The church in our country needs a wake-up call, a call to be bold in its conviction, "mighty in the Scirptures," and live a life worthy of its calling.

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin