Genesis 6: 11-12 (NASB)

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

2 Peter 3:8-9 (WEB)

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Three articles that came out just before Christmas were jaw-dropping for me:

From the NYTimes: (need subscription)

Title: The United Methodist Church, America's second-largest Protestant denomination, is in the final stages of a slow-motion rupture that has so far seen the departure of a quarter of the nation's roughly 30,000 churches.

At issue for Methodists is the question of ordaining and marrying LGBTQ people, a topic that has splintered many other Protestant denominations and which Methodists have been debating for years.

Now, as the deadline approaches, [moved several times due to COVID-19] remaining congregations and leaders are taking stock of their losses and looking ahead to a future in which the denomination's footprint in the United States will continue to shrink (even as it grows overseas, especially in Africa). In Texas, a historic stronghold for United Methodists, more than 40 percent of churches have left... Next year, Methodists plan to vote on what will likely be their lowest quarterly budget in 40 years.