“In The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Trueman writes, ‘speaking with profanity is now considered evidence of integrity, a performance of authenticity.’ Somehow, this belief has leaked into the Christian community.’” - World
Editor’s note: A version of this article posted in 2017. It has been updated.
Everybody has always lived in changing times. Today, the times just change faster. The speed and quantity of information, coupled with the scope and density of communications interconnectedness, has accelerated cultural change in the West and to some degree everywhere else.
“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
“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.’” - Jon Payne
“I was asked recently ‘Where in the Bible does it say Christians shouldn’t cuss?’”
