What causes people to accept being less than all they could be in life, especially those individuals claiming to be “religious”, in pursuit of the higher spiritual things?  Why do they lose their fervor and zeal for ultimate fulfillment, for balance, and just settle for mediocrity?

Acclaimed author and investigative journalist Fred Popke has gone undercover and infiltrated key factions of today’s fastest growing segment of the religious community, the organization commonly referred to as the ‘Spiritual Backsliders’.

This exposé has quickly become the most prominent compilation of ‘devotional’ messages, strategies and tactics used by the backsliding community today to promote and further their viewpoints and mediocre lifestyles.  – The Religious Accountability Council

What many have been led to believe is that backsliding is beyond an individual’s control or that it is a matter of gradual personal compromise or acquiescence.   In this ground-breaking work, Mr. Popke documents what many of us have long surmised, that there is a concerted effort among backsliders to perpetuate their lifestyles; that they band together to make their lack of effort more commonplace, dulling everyone’s perceptions and thereby making their mediocrity less objectionable, even acceptable.

Mr. Popke’s research has, for the first time ever, documented that backsliders do indeed have defined strategies and ‘game plans’ that they apply to their daily walks, even sharing and exchanging their ‘best-practices’ and building on one another’s lack of success.  -  Dr. Tom Newman and Dr. James Parker

This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand those who have lost their first love, have become lukewarm, or have fallen away.  You owe it to yourself to review this material and see if any of these strategies have surreptitiously crept into your life or already infiltrated the heart and mind of someone you know.  – Reverend Billy Chambers

A good tree can't bear bad fruit and a bad tree can't bear good fruit. Every tree that doesn't bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. By their fruit you will recognize them. – Matthew VII