morals

According to a new NBC News poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction.

The widespread cultural breakdown we see around us cannot be explained by a mere loosening of morals, or the wrong political party being in power, a pandemic, or our response to it.  What we are seeing is the catastrophic emptiness when life is built on the wrong foundation.

A variety of things and people are being blamed for the growing mass shooting problem in America: access to guns, social isolation, politicians, talk show hosts, authorities, harmful ideas, and more. Behind events this tragic are a number of contributing factors. At the same time, we can no longer think of mass shootings as isolated incidents. They must be understood as indications of social breakdown, along with spiking rates of addiction, overdoses, violent crime, suicide, sexual confusion, and even airplane incidents.

According to a new survey, most Americans say they receive moral guidance from family, friends or religious teachings, while less than 20 percent say they get it from political leaders or social media influencers.

Many Christians and pastors avoid talking about assisted reproduction, but the moral stakes are too high to remain silent. Embryos are abandoned in freezers right now with more added every day. Couples are hiring surrogates to carry their babies today. Some Christian women even think of it as their mission field. States are passing legislation to turn the practice into a full-blown industry. Christians are in church pews today, tempted, and even pursued by segments of assisted reproduction industries at risk of making uninformed but serious moral mistakes.

History will view corporations such as Mars, Incorporated as the leading advocates of the current moral revolution that is blurring the lines on the definitions of male and female, says theologian and seminary president Albert Mohler.

Let’s reframe our mortality by using it to empower us for eternal purposes. Let’s seize every day as God’s gift to be employed for his glory and the good of others. Let’s love our Lord and our neighbor with passion and service (Mark 12:30-31). If we do, we’ll experience the transforming presence of Christ and the abundant life he alone can give (John 10:10).

Today is what some call “the professional sports equinox,” the one night of the year where the NBA, NHL, MLB, and the NFL all have games. For sports fans, it’s like Christmas, Easter, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. And, because of the new culture-wide push for sports gambling, Friday morning may bring quite the hangover.