Destruction of the church

I saw this quote from Max Lucado taken from his book ON THE ANVIL:

"Satan's best tools of destruction are not from outside the church, they are from within the church. A church will never die from the immorality in Hollywood or the corruption in Washington. But it will die from corrosion within - from those who bear the name of Jesus but have never met him, and from those who have religion, but no relationship."

That makes sense to some degree. I agree that the church will not and probably cannot be destroyed by those outside it. And, while I agree with the assertion that it is usually those within who cause the greatest turmoil (at least in the North American church), I'm not so sure that even they can DESTROY the church.

But that got me to thinking... if the church IS the body of Christ... maybe we are supposed to "destroy" ourselves. I mean, that's kind of what Christ did - not that he destroyed himself, but he caused-his-own-demise so-to-speak. And if we, the church, were to give ourselves for others the way he did... that very well could lead to our demise as well - right?

I've always thought the church was indestructible. But maybe that's not what we are made for. Hmm. I don't know. This is a new thought to me.

Anyway, it's snowing. And they're supposed to start on our community pavilion Monday. As always... peace and revolution.