It is incredibly disheartening when churches and/or denominations view the Word of God through the lens of their culture. Scripture is the lens through which we should view, assess, and compare the culture in which we live —no matter what generation or century, no matter which part of the world or people group. Scripture is our standard, not our culture.
When the church adapts to the culture to accommodate its pewsitters’ preferences rather than being the vehicle through which culture discovers Jesus, is regenerated by His Holy Spirit, and through whom they are conformed to His Word and His Way, it is no longer the church. Therefore, the church must view the culture through the lens of the Word of God, not the other way around.
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ~ Colossians 1:18
Minimizing me...making much of Jesus 