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Conformed by Culture
Episode 145 • 24th September 2026 • Thrive: Perspectives • Thrive Today
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Does culture shape far more than our opinions—what if it quietly trains our hearts, instincts and moral emotions, teaching us what should feel loving, offensive, admirable or shameful before we have even stopped to think?

What happens when a society continues to use Christian words such as love, dignity, tolerance, justice and the sacred, while gradually detaching them from the story that first gave them meaning?

How should the church respond when what is right no longer feels right? Should Christians soften their message until it blends into the surrounding culture, or fight back so aggressively that truth is stripped of humility and love?

What would it look like if the church became a genuinely alternative community—one marked not by winning arguments, managing appearances or condemning outsiders, but by repentance, honesty, holiness, sensitivity and grace?

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