Persevering in Perilous Times

"What goes on in the world around us can have an immense spiritual influence on us. In our own culture over the past few decades we have seen such a shift in morality that what once was accepted as wrong by even those who don't profess to follow Christ, is now affirmed as right by many who do profess to follow Christ. The influence of our surrounding culture often inspires compromise and even apostasy within the church. This is the threat that the Apostle Paul wrote to warn Timothy about in the 1st century and this is the threat that faces us today. You see we have this fallen tendency to drift with the shifting sands of culture, but those who have been redeemed by grace are called to stand firm for Christ, to remain faithful to the truth amidst a world that denies truth."