How can American culture hinder reformation?

Curt Daniels explains in this video that there are certain American ideals that are a hindrance to personal reformation and reformation in the church and family.

One such ideal is the American Dream. It involves aiming for a good house, good cars, college degrees, and getting ready for retirement. It strives for living a life of ease. While the American Dream is not evil in and of itself, it could blind us to what is most important in our lives. 

Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) – “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” 



There are certain American ideas that are a hindrance to personal reformation as well as reformation in the family and in the church. One of them is gonna be very politically incorrect, but it's the American dream. American dream is aim for the middle class, get a good job, nice house, two cars in the suburbs, everybody healthy, wealthy, and wise, college degrees, and you got your portfolio ready for retirement, and you take vacations to Colorado, and they live a life of ease. Bible says, what are those that are at ease in Zion? Hebrew could mean at ease in America too.

And a lot of people are chasing the American dream. That's going to lead to a false spirituality where we don't want revival. We don't see the need. We don't want to repent. We need to repent of the American Dream.