I think all the author was saying was that it isn't «the great apostasy» or even mere self - indulgence (we want an in -
church barista
type thing) that is turning some people
of faith — both young and old — away from corporate «
traditional» gathering.
The recent, though scantily reported, rise within Jewry
of a «Messianic» movement which, while affirming the continued theological validity
of the Jewish people, also accepts Jesus as Israel's Messiah, could not have occurred in past centuries when the
traditional churches held sway and routinely burned premillenial
types at the stake as heretics.