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SEPTEMBER 7 - CHANGING CULTURE

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:2)

We are, by and large, the products and result of the culture we have grown up in. For many of us, that means that middle-class suburban American culture has had a larger influence on what we consider positive ways to spend our money and our time than God has.

That's not to start throwing stones…that's as true about me as anyone. I'm quick to spend $2 on a soda on when I go out to eat and slow to give that money to an orphanage. I'm quick to spend an evening watching TV and slow to spend an evening visiting people in jail.

Barry brought up some statistics on Sunday about how our culture is shifting further into the secular and further from Christianity. If we want to see the world changed and I want to see the culture around me be reflective of God's love, mercy, and coming kingdom, we need to start being demonstratively different than the culture we want to see changed.