The Lost Message

I am really getting pretty discouraged about how the message of the cross and what Jesus did there is getting absolutely lost in our evangelical churches. I visited a church today with a friend and the pastor did the usual "we have to evangelize differently which means helping the poor" routine. And that is OK but nothing about what message we are supposed to share outside of love. Just love..period. We could be of any religion and have that message. It isn't a particularly Christian distinctive although love is certainly a major part of the Christian message. Sigh.....I guess I will have to make my yearly pilgrimage to John MacArthur's church to get my yearly dose of where the Holy Spirit is really working. And, for me to say that is a stretch since I am Pentecostal in orientation (MacArthur is very anti-Pente/Charismatic). But since the Pentcostal and Charismatic churches are dead, dead, dead in my area, I have no choice.