As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Trump shared with the crowd that he was ‘really good’ at a ‘Faith and Freedom’ rally earlier that day. ‘I didn’t interject, [but] it could have been better if I used a couple of bad words….When I see people start to walk out, then we’ll stop, okay?’” - Church Leaders
“Last week, Driscoll posted a video clip from a May sermon at a men’s event, wherein he discussed ‘23 Scriptures Commanding True Christians To Oppose Abortion.’” - C.Leaders
Everybody has always lived in changing times. But we really live in changing times! The speed and quantity of information, coupled with the scope and density of communications interconnectedness, has greatly accelerated cultural change in America.
One sign of the times is that attitudes about what constitutes appropriate language have shifted noticeably. Certain anatomical references, body-emissions references, and “F-bombs” used to be considered rude, crude, and unfit for professional or public discourse. But now—not so much. It’s harder and harder to find settings where this sort of talk isn’t routine.
So what’s a Christian to do? The answer to this is less simple than many think—and also more simple than many think. I hope these observations may be of some help.
“The use of vulgar language is not only a serious problem in the post-christian culture of the UK, however. The problem faces us right here in America. Tristan Hopper, in a 2014 National Post online article on swearing, writes that ‘cussing, it seems, has become very much main stream.’”
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