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Feb 22, 2026·Sun AM
Countering Social Conditioning
Culture trains people constantly through repetition, positive portrayal, moral reframing, and pressure to normalize what once seemed unthinkable. This sermon calls Christians and families to recognize that conditioning process and deliberately replace it with the mind, morality, light, wisdom, and community described in Ephesians 4 and 5.
About this sermon
Culture trains people constantly through repetition, positive portrayal, moral reframing, and pressure to normalize what once seemed unthinkable. This sermon calls Christians and families to recognize that conditioning process and deliberately replace it with the mind, morality, light, wisdom, and community described in Ephesians 4 and 5.
Key ideas
- Repeated exposure can desensitize people to beliefs and behaviors without announcing that it is doing so.
- Christians must renew the mind rather than simply absorb the assumptions of the culture.
- Ephesians calls believers to leave corruption, live in Christ, expose darkness, and use time wisely.
- Families should intentionally shape what is repeated, normalized, and admired at home.
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