Most everyone knows that I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, the era of “free love” which was a nice-sounding euphemism for rampant sexual immorality. “Make love, not war” was a corny saying, but it produced a radical culture of “peace keeping” hippies who advocated nothing more than “drugs, sex and rock ‘n roll.” Everyone wanted to go along to get along, and anyone who brought attention to any of the moral “standards” that most of us grew up with was frowned upon. We were known as the “anti-establishment,” “anti-war,” “anti-government,” and anti-justabouteverything generation. We were the “counter culture” generation, and the new way was considered “revolutionary.”
We wanted to be “free” – whatever that meant. We wanted freedom from our parent’s rules (read: safeguards) and we wanted to be free of the oppression of the laws of the land which included prohibition of illegal drugs. We didn’t want anyone telling us about sin either. We grew up with that, and wanted to do our own thing without anybody judging us. We wanted freedom from any religious boundaries whatsoever. Little did we know that immorality had its own paybacks in loss of family life, children’s well-being, our own health and a host of other physical and psychological troubles that led to the decay of a once prosperous society based on Judeo-Christian principles. Continue reading →
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin said in an interview with “The Brody File” that kicking God out of any society would eventually lead to its ruin.
Palin said the war on Christmas was just the tip of the battle because people who are offended by the term Christmas aren’t upset with that word but that Christ is part of the word. They’re really offended by the truth of Jesus Christ.
Palin was speaking about her new book “Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas.”
“People who would be offended that we celebrate the Prince of Peace because it is called Christmas, it’s because the name Christ is in the title that they would be offended,” Palin told David Brody. “Any country, any government society that has kicked God out of the public square completely, it leads to ruin. Why would we go down that path when we know what would happen?”
Continuing with the words the Lord gave me for 2011, perhaps the most sobering was in regards to the spiritual condition of America. The Lord was very clear when he told me that in one year, the glory of this nation will be gone. America is losing her glory.
Isaiah 21:16 “This is what the Lord says to me: All of Kedar’s honor will be gone in another year. I will count it like workers count the years left on their contracts.” GWT
I wish I could say that most of us who are Christians can see the depth of the depravity into which this nation has descended, but it’s a proven fact that we can’t. Recent fact-gathering surveys have reported that among professing Christians, views on issues of morals, money, and marriage are virtually indistinguishable from the world. That’s a sad indictment for this nation, in which there is a reported 82.3% of the population who are Christians. What kind of Christians live and behave just like the world?
The Bible tells us that “Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” KJV
Instead of the Light of righteousness, truth and justice dispelling the darkness of sin and depravity in this nation, we have permitted the darkness in every area of life. Our churches have become social centers focused on who can provide the best entertainment in order to grow the biggest support base. Our schools are godless institutions that prohibit prayer or any expression of faith, especially Christian faith. Our courts are in contempt of the Courts of Heaven – having mastered the incredible task of calling evil good and good evil. Our entertainment sources are cesspools of filth that provide precious little that is fit for a true Christian.
How did we get here? How did this happen? Where do we go from here?
Stay tuned!