Are you becoming secular?
“So God gave them over to sexual impurity according to the sinful desires of their hearts, to shame one another’s bodies. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and began to worship and serve created things, the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen” (Rom 1:24-25).
A story is told about a frog in a kettle. The frog is placed in a kettle of hot water. The frog does not notice that the temperature of the water is gradually increasing until it is too late. He dies from the heat of the water without realizing the danger he is in.
Societies suffer from the “frog in the kettle” analogy. They take decisions that seem innocent enough, only to later realize what impact these decisions have on their society. Whether the issue is gay rights, abortion, euthanasia, or simply the lack of spiritual influence on society, the changes seem logical to the unconverted mind but reveal that the moral compass of the nation has been removed.
(A book was written in 1945 about the spiritual state of England. “We are convinced that England will not be changed unless ordinary people make daily use of the opportunities offered by their various professions, crafts and occupations.”* During
At the time of this writing, 30% of people in England attended church. Today, less than 7% of people in England attend church. It has become a secular nation.
During this same time period more than 40% of America’s population was attending church. Today, less than 30% of people go to church and this is declining rapidly. This is because more and more believers are viewing the local church as irrelevant to the world in which they live. Surveys show that up to 90% of church members believe they are not being taught how to apply the Bible to the complex world of work where they spend 60–70% of their time. It is not a question of teaching them the Bible; It’s a question of making it relevant to their world.
*”Towards the Transformation of England” (1945)
