Douglas L. Jones

If Christians are paying attention to what’s going on in the Western culture it should not be a surprise to notice that antagonism toward the church is running rampant. For many years even decades we have enjoyed religious freedom.

Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God, what a person plants, he will harvest and the person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others, ignoring God, harvests a crop of weeds. We should remember that Satan has a native tongue and it consists of lies, deceit, fake claims and other untrue statements with intent to deceive anyone caught off guard.

Contemporary culture often undermines the importance of conscience, suggesting that it holds little value and shouldn't be taken seriously. Some educator’s today aim to instill confusion in the younger generation by promoting the idea that there is no singular moral compass, asserting that everyone has their own "true north."

All of us have expressed some skepticism in our life. In the Bible, "doubt" is often associated with a lack of faith or trust in God, and can be expressed through words like "unbelief," "hesitation," "questioning," or "not believing." Doubt is not always evidence of a lack of faith.

Apathy! In this present culture, Christians seem to have an apathetic attitude toward genuine gospel preaching. They prefer the “feel good” type of preaching that is becoming more prevalent in today’s modern churches. Someone once said that good preaching is giving people what they need disguised as what they want. Unknown A good example of this apathy is stated as: What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? And the answer was: I don’t know and I don’t care. Unknown

Modernism.

Wake up! What we have here in this present day culture is the twisting and altering of facts. This is the goal of the current culture, to stamp out anything or anyone who does not agree with them, especially, Christians. Everyone’s view is valid except the Christian values. They want to strike fear into anyone who disagrees with their views. Facts that have been proven true are being twisted, misinterpreted and are deceptive. People are presented with a persistent false belief that is meant to delude even though there is indisputable evidence to the contrary.