Our culture has grown more angry and profane — but this is what God still expects of us…

Apr 17, 2022 by Jill

by David Jeremiah, Christian Post:

Walk into any bookstore and browse the titles. You’ll be shocked by how many contain four letter words. In the past year or so, publishers have introduced shock value to their book covers. Sometimes the words are spelled out in all their ugliness, and other times a letter is replaced with an asterisk.

It reflects a coarsening of culture. It’s a sign of how we’re relating to one another, speaking to each other, and treating others in our lives. Social standards are declining, and fewer parents are raising children to be polite.

Ask anyone who deals with people all day and they will tell you that people react more quickly and become rude, angry, abusive, demanding, cynical, sarcastic and profane.

I can explain it in one phrase: the loss of biblical love.

When the Bible talks about love, it isn’t speaking of a nebulous force. It’s talking about how we obey God and treat each other. There’s a verse spelling this out in practical terms — Micah 6:8: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

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