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When a culture continually casts God’s commandments into denial river, it causes confusion, conflict, and eventual collapse.
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Tagged denial, moral standards, religion, society, Ten Commandments
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Society says: “Go along, agree with wrong, and belong!”
Society says: “Go along, agree with wrong, and belong!” God says: “Fight with all your might to do right and gain insight, and you will soar to the height of spiritual delight.”
A Society That Flaunts Casual Sex Creates Continuous Problems
A society that flaunts casual sex creates continuous problems: An epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases. Increase in health care costs to treat those diseases. Increase in sexual addiction. Fatherless children. Deadbeat dads. Increase in adultery. Widespread and popular promiscuity. Broken … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, casual sex, health care, human trafficking, poverty, sex, sexuality, society
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Thinking Through A Tutu Thought About Conscience
Here’s a quotation from Desmond Tutu: “For every act of evil there are a dozen acts of goodness in our world. It is only because we believe that people should be good that we despair when they are not.” Do … Continue reading
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No Intent To Repent
As I was driving recently, four words came through my mind that I had never thought in that order before. The words were: no intent to repent. Those words got me started thinking. If you look about our society, you … Continue reading
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The Best Kind Of Sex
Our society ignores the very best kind of sex. You almost never hear about it. TV and movies nowadays picture almost every kind of sex but this. I wonder why? Instead our sex-crazed culture focuses on and promotes casual sex … Continue reading
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11 Myths Our Culture Loves
Many people like to believe that our contemporary culture is rational and logical and is not subject to myths. However, that just isn’t true. Our society has many myths and gods. Here are a few of them: Modern Myth #11 … Continue reading
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