“How a Church Loses Its Distinctiveness.”

The situation addressed has been around since Pentecost.

Apparently the people you mention are still in the kingdom. Jesus told his disciples to let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest. As bad as Judah was there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. They remained members of the tribe and whatever the bad guys were doing it had no affect on them.

No matter what is going on around us it seems nothing can separate us, as individuals, from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, except ourselves.

The loss of distinctiveness you mention is also caused by the good Christians, those who say the right words, do things "right" on Sundays, but fail to read the Bible. It seems most congregations of the church of Christ are so intent on shortening the time they have to spend together the Bible has been dropped from the assembly. And, we spend an inordinate amount of time trying to find ways to shorten the Lord's Supper. But we have the "worship" right, which we think makes us the good guys. Sometimes it is more difficult than first thought to identify the real church of Christ.

Add to that the inordinate amount of time spent on sports.