Who Moved the Furniture
By Bishop Thomas H. Guinn
A wake-up call to the church and every believer to return what was moved, restore what was lost, and guard the presence of God once again.
Book Details
Publisher: New Day Publishing
Genre: Christian Nonfiction / Spiritual Growth
ISBN: 979-8-9993766-3-3
Available at: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and through Calhoun Falls Church of God
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Book Introduction
In the Wrong Room and Unable to Help….
It isn’t unusual for my wife to move the furniture. She has an eye for space, and she’s always looking for ways to make the room feel more open, more inviting. A couch angled differently; a chair shifted to a new corner. Small subtle changes that somehow make everything feel fresh.
One night, long after we had gone to bed, I was jolted awake by the sound of my daughter crying. It wasn’t just a sleepy whimper. It was sharp and urgent. I jumped out of bed, moving quickly through the dark, headed toward her room to help.
But as I moved through the house, something felt off.
Expecting to feel the warm, comfortable carpet under my feet, I was startled by the cold touch of bathroom tile. That one unexpected sensation stopped me in my tracks. In the confusion of that moment, I realized I had walked into the wrong room. I wasn’t in the hallway. I had walked straight into the bathroom.
Still half-asleep and disoriented, I turned again, trying to correct my course. But the damage was already done. I had moved with urgency and intention, but I ended up in the wrong room. And for those few moments, I couldn’t help my daughter.
I wasn’t lost. I wasn’t in danger. But I was disoriented in a space that used to feel familiar and completely unable to help the one who needed me most.
That brief experience stayed with me. Not because it was dramatic, but because it became a perfect picture of a much deeper and more dangerous problem: spiritual apostasy.
Across the church world, the furniture has been moved. Not the pews or platforms — the doctrinal furniture. What once stood at the center — the altar, the blood, repentance, holiness, Holy Spirit baptism — has been quietly pushed aside, replaced with more palatable options. We've dimmed the lights, painted the walls black, turned the altar into a stage, transformed the sanctuary into a theatre, changed the language, softened the truth, and rearranged the layout of salvation until it feels familiar... but isn’t quite the same.
We still know the building. We still recognize the name. But the path to deliverance has shifted — and we’re no longer sure where the altar is.
Worse yet, when someone cries out — a soul bound in sin, a heart broken by life, a person desperate for God — the church may run to help, only to find themselves in the wrong room, offering the wrong solution, standing in a place that no longer leads to the power and presence of God.
This isn’t about personal taste. It’s not about music styles or lighting. This is about souls — and whether we can still find the way to the saving, sanctifying, Spirit-filled presence of God.
This book is a journey through the temple; through the pattern God gave, the furniture He placed, and the message it all points to. We’ll examine what each piece represents, how it’s been distorted, and what it will take to return to God’s original design.
Because the question isn’t just, “Who moved the furniture?”
The real question is:
Will we move it back?
