Biblical Values Are Diminishing In The United States

“There is nothing new under the sun.” People often talk about how Biblical values are diminishing in the everyday life of modern times. What I think they miss is that, in fact, every single Biblical value is indeed diminishing... but that’s no news. We live in a fallen world and are fallen people. Things have always been so and will never get better until Christ comes back and restores everything. This world is full of murder, rape, homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicide, just to name the big ones. But there have always been such things. They just stayed better hidden back in the day. These things seem so much more prevalent now, however, because of how fast communication is and all the technology we have at our
People argue that the reason America is the way it is today is because we have forgotten God and have taken Him out of our public schools and “yadda, yadda, yadda.” But consider how the people of Israel, God's CHOSEN people, continually left Him. He would show them unbelievably amazing miracles and then they would go worship a gold cow they had just made. When people ask why Biblical values are diminishing, the very question itself is invalid. People don't change. Yes, Christians should not just accept sin, but continually purge themselves of it with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Yes, Christians should continually pray without ceasing for our nation and its people that they would repent and turn to God. Yes, prayer and Bible reading shouldn't have been taken out of schools and should be used in public schools today. Yes, God promises us that if we cry out to Him and repent that He will bless our nation. And He has. We have more freedom than any other country in the world and get the best protection in the world thanks to our military. But even democracy doesn't last. No government is or has ever been perfect. Though we love to think that our country is the best darn country that you could