Culture differs around the world and changes over time. The truth of God, as revealed in Jesus the Son of God, does not change. As culture shifts (whether left or right, collectivist or individualistic, totalitarian or decentralized), the more that it moves away from the truth of God, the greater is its hostility toward the truth of God. The more it moves away, the more it despises those who hold to the truth of God. The truth of God is always counter-cultural, it is always subversive to popular sentiment, because it points out where culture is in error. And so culture always hates God, because God stands outside culture and denies its power.
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!" Isaiah 5:20
Jesus-followers need to be prepared to be thought of as subversive to pop culture. But when culture moves back into alignment with the truth of God, culture's adherents are less at odds with those who hold to God's truth, and there is more peace. The culture that aligns with the truth of God also sits under God's hand of blessing.
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 13:34
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