Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The Shifting of Definitions

 

You’ve heard the metaphor of the frog in a pot of water with the temperature slowly rising. Whether or not the science is true, you understand the meaning. One only needs to think through the last one hundred years of history in the United States to see that this is exactly what is happening in our culture.

What was considered sin seventy years ago is now culturally acceptable and even considered normal.

What was a shameful situation seventy years ago, is now ‘no big deal’.

What was considered immodest seventy years ago is now regularly seen in churches and accepted as fashion.

There is no arguing that our culture influences us and when we are unaware and uneducated, we think nothing of it. Our taste in fashion, our definition of good and true, and our definition of love must not be defined by our culture but by the Church. Even though the Church does not lay out a list of rules, it does expect us to be wise and do all things according to love.


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