Be the Salt, and Light in Darkness

It seems many of the conversations I have nationally, regionally and locally, always get around to the idea of how bad our culture has gotten.

Sin is celebrated, and What God has called good is mocked. Just when you think it won’t get any worse, you are shown how mistaken you are. Just turn on your tv, read your paper, listen to the radio, scroll your newsfeed, the farther we get from creation the deeper human depravity goes. In fact, this has even influenced our churches.

If I may be so bold as to say, the culture has shaped our Christianity, not our Christianity shaping the culture. H...