It has been understood that culture shifts over a long period of time but social anthropolists have shown us that there is often a massive shift in culture over a relatively short period of time, maybe 15 to 25 years. We are in that time in North America. The church, the government, marriage, abortion, and more are being attacked at the old standards are being torn down.
What should be our approach as a church to this cultural change? We can learn from Moses as he instructs the people. They were about to go into a land that did not hold to the foundations that Israel did and there would be a temptation to blend in with the culture. Moses tells the people that they must not do that. They have to remain separate from that culture. To do that the younger generation had to be taught the things of God.
Today as we see a massive cultural shift we must remember that as a church we are not called to reform the culture but to take a stand against it. We are to instruct our children and grandchildren so that they know how to live in a world that is tearing the foundations apart. We must teach our children well. We must instruct them in the doctrines of the faith. We must prepare our children so that they will know how to live in a post-christian world.
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