Culture cancels. Scripture counsels.

Culture condemns. Scripture convicts.

Culture corrupts. Scripture corrects.

Culture twists the truth. Scripture tells the truth.

The way of the world will always be just that — the world’s way, playing by the world’s rules, defined by the world’s truth. It is secular at its roots; therefore it will always produce Godless fruit.

Yes. God made the world. And it was good. And then sin, introduced by Satan, made it bad. But then forgiveness, offered by God through His son, gave it hope for good. His goodness exists whether we embrace it or not. His truth is true whether we agree with it or not.

To discern His truth and see His good, to believe His truth produces a good good enough to overcome all the bad is to surrender our way and submit to His way. He knows the way. He made a way. He is the way, and His way is so much better than the way of the world, because it is redemptive and restorative while the world’s way, well, it’s just not.

Culture, the way of the world, cancels, condemns, corrupts, all by twisting the truth. Scripture, the way of the Word, counsels, convicts, corrects, all by telling the truth.

He reveals His way in His Word. We will not know and discern wisdom and truth without it.

We will cave to and be consumed by culture if we do not crave and consume scripture.

We recognize the difference between culture and scripture when we realize the significance their difference has on our lives.

Good cannot grow from bad. Truth cannot be found in lies. Light cannot be manufactured by darkness. However, Good can overcome the bad. Truth can root out the lies. Light can overcome the darkness.