A casual glance at the statistics on this blog site and elsewhere in the media makes it obvious that America’s sexual morals are changing rapidly. A generation ago, divorce was still frowned upon, there was strong opposition to premarital sex, cohabitation was a disgrace and abortion, except when the mother’s life was endangered, was considered to be murder.
During the 1960s, premarital sex became socially accepted. In the 1970s. Divorce was no longer frowned upon. In the 1980s, single people who got pregnant bore no personal shame and AIDS began to raise its ugly head. In the 1990s, sexually transmitted diseases became epidemic among our youth and adultery was seen as regrettable, but expected. Since the turn of the century, young people who want to save intercourse for marriage are looked upon as “not cool and out of it.” Having a baby is so common High Schools seldom frowned upon it. And, few college students expect their marriage to last a lifetime.
Secular America seems to be content with accepting sexual permissiveness among youth and adults, abortion on demand, divorce and remarriage and is growing increasingly tolerant of homosexuality and homosexual marriages. How can such a massive erosion of public morals be reversed?
The two institutions in our society that have the ability to accomplish this spiritual and moral miracle are: the family and the church. There was a time in our society when parents could count on public schools as a partner in the moral training of their children. However, since the Bible was removed from the classroom in the 1960s and our judicial system has distorted the Constitution to mean that all institutions of our society should be free from religion rather than reinforcing the freedom of religion, we can expect a very little help from government and addressing the moral crisis our nation faces.
The sacredness of sex, the sanctity of marriage, and the rights of children to grow up in a secure family is an agenda the religious institutions of our society must address. Much can be done to restore healthy sexual morality, the sanctity of marriage and the permanency of the family by training parents to be the primary sex educators of their children from a biblical point of view.
I have put together a program for use in the church that can raise a window of hope that the next generation will see a reversal of these regrettable current trends. It is called: Parents First-enabling parents to be the primary sex educators of their children from a biblical point of view. Further information about this program can be obtained by calling: (239) 354-1516, or (330) 715-5127.
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