Living Faithfully in the Age of Babylon
Every morning, before our feet even hit the floor, we wake up between two cities.
One is loud and bright — filled with screens, noise, and slogans that preach the same message: be more, do more, have more. That’s the spirit of Babylon — the culture of self-exaltation that still whispers, “Build your own heaven if you climb high enough.”
The other city is quiet but eternal — the Kingdom of God, where the Lamb is the light. It calls us to slow down, remember who we are, and live from a different story.
Babylon’s Discipleship Program
Make no mistake: Babylon still runs a discipleship program.
It trains our hearts through consumption, shapes our minds through constant content, and renames us through metrics and approval.
It doesn’t need lions — it has lies.
It doesn’t burn Bibles — it rewrites them around feelings.
The real question isn’t “Am I being discipled?”
It’s “Who is discipling me?”
Daniel faced the same cultural pressure — to conform, to compromise, to forget who he belonged to. Yet he resolved to live differently. And God used him to shine His light in the heart of Babylon.
Resisting Babylon’s Pull
We’re called to do the same.
And sometimes the resistance starts small — not with a protest, but with a practice.
- Scripture before screens. Let God’s Word speak before the world does.
- Communion before chaos. Begin your day connecting with God before you scroll through everyone else’s life.
- Rest before the rush. Reclaim Sabbath rhythms that remind you you’re not a machine — you’re a beloved child.
- Silence before saturation. Turn down the volume of the world so you can hear the whisper of the Spirit.
As I’ve shared on Sundays, the story you live in determines the story you live out. Babylon tells one story — the story of self. But Scripture tells another — the story of God’s creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.
A Call to Rebuild Our Foundations
Recent studies show that only 4% of American adults hold a truly biblical worldview — and even among regular churchgoers, it’s less than half.
That means many of us are being discipled more by the feed than by the faith.
That’s why we’re rebuilding foundations here at Church on the Hill — learning to see life through God’s eyes again. A biblical worldview isn’t just what you believe; it’s how you live. It’s not a list of opinions; it’s a lens for reality.
And it’s critical not just for us, but for our children. Babylon is after the next generation — their identity, their imagination, their loyalties. Let’s teach them who they are before the world tells them who they’re not.
This Week’s Challenge
This week, take one intentional step of resistance:
- Put Scripture before screens each morning.
- Share one truth from God’s Word with someone in your home.
- Take one night as a digital Sabbath.
- Pray, “Lord, disciple my heart more than the world can.”
Because Babylon isn’t just a place — it’s a pull.
And only a biblical worldview, shaped by the Word and the Spirit, can keep us standing strong.
Let’s be people who live the story that outlives Babylon.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2Want to go deeper? Download our 10 Marks of a Biblical Worldview guide here → Click Here!