How to Destroy a Church

I regularly receive a devotional from Ligonier ministries.  The most recent arrival contained an interesting portion that imitated C.S. Lewis work The Screwtape Letters.  The devotional is written in the same style as the Lewis book in that it is written as though it is written by an older and wiser demon with the goal of instructing a younger demon how to accomplish the purposes intended for him.  The devotional contained 16 such attacks that have the potential to destroy the church.  I wanted to note these 16 things as I think they do have the potential to destroy the church and want to make sure that we avoid them.  Please remember that as these are written allegorically from one demon to another as things that will work to destroy the church and not things that I condone.  I encourage us to find no place for these attacks by countering them with their opposite.

1.  Erode Evangelism and Missions
2. Cultivate Cowardice and Worldliness
3. Subvert Communion and Baptism
4. Wreck the Word of God
5. Wear Down Worship
6. Push Against Personal Piety (holiness)
7. Demonize Church Discipline
8. Make Marriage Miserable
9. Fracture Families
10. Destroy Doctrine
11. Frustrate Fellowship
12. Obliterate Offerings
13. Pulverize the Pastor's Family
14. Sabotage Sanctification
15. Diminish Deacons
16. Attack Assurance

I know that I have seen Satan at work doing these things, sometimes even in our own church.  May God help us fight Satan with the power of the Spirit of God and the truth of the Word of God for the glory of God!