Know The Times

[Dr.Russell Moore]

As American culture is secularizing

We have an opportunity for this to become much easier for us

The church is being disestablished from the rest of the community

It's already happened in some parts of the country

It's happening now

[Flame]

The world is crazy

It's all a sign of the times

They think we crazy

They say we're out of our minds

There's something we're facing. I'm hoping you notice

And we can't escape it, it's everywhere, everytime, man, that I look over shoulders

Some people are searching, they hurting, their looking for purpose but not in religion

They say it don't work. In particular, Christians are using the church as a business

They tired of the silence. They're turning to violence

Some people just don't wanna talk no more

The culture has shifted since Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York and then Baltimore

Look at Chicago with Drill music. Youngins they gunnin' and dying by the minute

Shout out to churches that deep in the trenches, being a witness and making a difference

Let's switch for minute. Remember the case with Governor Pence in Indiana

They challenged religious liberty, ventually putting our faith in the slammer

The LGBT community collectively said it was said it was discrimination

Over their sexual orientation

We can't afford to ignore what we facing

The world is crazy

It's all a sign of the times

They think we crazy

They say we're out of our minds

5150, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50

Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

5150, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50

Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

They're applying the pressure but keep in perspective

That we do not wrestle with people but demons are scheming to reject the message

The Kingdom of Heaven progresses, so Satan's regime it extremely feels threatened

But for God and His wisdom to put us in this position we should think it's a blessing

We're tired of the statement that "this is a Christian nation" Finally, that cultural wall will fall

And the Gospel will flourish, authentic conversion all as a result of the culture war

That's why we connect with the people and help restrain evil through policy shifting

Christians who get it it's socially driven, all cause we know it's a holistic mission

Now lets switch for a minute. We gotta consider that this is a post-Christian nation

Or a pre-Christian nation. The point is to say that the people don't know where we stand

So we just can't be positive. Gotta give Gospel reasons we believe in the faith

The biblical way that our conscience is shaped with a kindness that backs up our articulation

The world is crazy

It's all a sign of the times

They think we crazy

They say we're out of our minds

51/50, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50

Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

51/50, 51/50 The worlds going 51/50

Can I get a witness deep in the trenches

[Dr. Russel Moore]

We have the opportunity, as the culture secularizes around us and as the church becomes increasingly strange, to question ongoingly, "How are we not reflecting the Kingdom on God within our church structures?" and then for our church structures to form the sort of consciouses that are able to speak outside about questions of the common good and public justice in a way that doesn't lead us inward, and it doesn't lead us outward, but it leads us forward

That gives us the opportunity to maintain distinctiveness and engagement at the same time