The late R.C. Sproul (2015) wisely noted, “The cultural revolution of the 1960s was similar to the French Revolution in that its goal was to bring radical change to the forms, structures, values, and ethics of the status quo.”

Today we find ourselves amid another revolution breeding chaos and confusion within society and, remarkably, within the Church. Mohler (2018) cautioned that such a movement demands nothing less than wholesale societal upheaval:

“This revolution requires a total redefinition of morality, cultural authority, personal identity, and more. The revolution requires a new vocabulary and a radically revised dictionary. Ultimately, the moral revolutionaries seek to redefine reality itself. And this revolution has no stopping point.”

Like the sons of Issachar of old (1 Chron. 12:32), discerning Christians recognize how the prevailing culture today has redefined the term love as wanting for others what they want for themselves, often irrespective of how harmful it may be.

Conversely, believers, anchored in a biblical worldview, acknowledge loving God as the greatest commandment and the context in which the exhortation to love others must occur (Matt. 22:36-40).

Therefore, biblically loving others means wanting what God wants for them, based on what He has revealed in Scripture.

So, amid this previously post-Christian, now anti-Christian, age, let us hold firmly to sound doctrine (2 Tim. 4:3) and love others biblically as the revolution rages on (Rom 1:18-32).

Referencias:

Sproul, R. C. (2015). Foreword. In P. Jones, The other worldview: Exposing Christianity’s greatest threat. Kirkdale Press.

Mohler, A. (2018, August 2). Torn between two cultures? Revoice, LGBT identity, and Biblical Christianity. Albert Mohler. https://albertmohler.com/2018/08/02/torn-two-cultures-revoice-lgbt-identity-biblical-christianity