We have a Culture that drifting, how do we lead in a time of fear. We are afraid and concerned. The Church is divided.

You don’t drift upstream, it takes effort and intentionality.

To stay the course, we must establish True North. It never changes. The Word of God is true north.

Ps. 119:11 – I have hidden your word in my heart

The church has always been at odds with culture:

Responses:

1. Accommodation – they don’t judge
2. Oppose – anger and fear
3. Withdraw – issues are two complicated

These responses are wrong, we lose our identification as children of God

The church must bring good to the picture, the world must see good.

The church is not going to drift with culture, but we need to engage it.

The remedy:

1. Know who you are, our identity as the church. Don’t let anyone else define us. Acts 20:24-our identity is in Christ
2. You need to watch the undercurrent. We belong to another King.
3. We must keep coming back to God’s perfect plan. We will waver, but we need to constantly make adjustments and corrections to stay on course. Make a new commitment-repentance Acts 3:19