CULTURE

Seems we're always talking - debating - trying to figure out - CULTURE these days within the church. It's an interesting subject.

It's also an extremely powerful force. It's stronger than government and politics even. Politicians come and go - governments rise and fall - culture remains, though it is fluid.

It's more powerful than religion. Down thru history, it was a struggle for church leaders to prevent those who were coming into the church from pagan backgrounds from bringing their paganisms into the church with them. Even today we continue to see that many believers and Kingdom citizens display lifestyles very little different from those who make no claim of being in God's Kingdom.

Among the industrialized nations, the U.S. has the highest percentage of citizen who claim to be believers (Christians). Yet annually, 500,000 babies are aborted here. Legally. Yearly. It only exemplifies the power of culture over religion in its amazing ability to shape thoughts, values and practices.

That means whoever controls the hearts and minds of people creates and controls the culture.

That's where the Law of God comes in. The Bible says it is GOOD - PLEASING - PERFECT - able to RENEW. How we need that in culture today.

The world's culture is DESPERATE - DISCRIMINATORY - DEPRAVED - DIVISIVE - DESTRUCTIVE. By contrast, Heaven's culture is POWERFUL - PROVISIONARY - PEACEFUL - all things POSSIBLE.

That's a no-brainer, isn't it?

And be blessed.