Be the Thermostat: Changing the Culture, Not Reflecting It with Rasool Berry

Kentwood Community Church · Jul 31, 2026 · 42m

What does it look like when the church becomes a thermostat rather than a thermometer? That question sits at the heart of a conversation that challenges us to examine whether we are simply reflecting the temperature of our polarized culture or actively working to change it. Drawing from the early church in Acts, we explore how the first believers created something radically countercultural in the midst of a deeply stratified Roman society. They did not ignore their differences in ethnicity, economics, or background. Instead, they allowed those very differences to become assets that pointed to…