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Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Story # 1 Headline Washington Court: Teachers Can Have Sex With 18 -Year-Old Students

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 1… § Our culture usually cringes at adults manipulating children § High school seniors are still children… no matter how the courts classify them

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 1… Biblical Principles § We expect the judicial process to always be on the side of right and to uphold justice…not pervert it

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 1… Biblical Principles § We expect all who live under the law (esp. the young) to be protected § O. T. Deut 16: 18 -20 Eccl 3: 16

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 1… Biblical Principles § N. T. Rom 13: 3 -4 § This sets a dangerous precedent…it will only embolden further predatory behavior

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Story # 2 Headline 22 -Year-Old’s Virginity Auction Hits Record $ 3, 700, 000 Bid

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 2… § Our culture is coming up with more “creative ways” to market something and gain wealth § We’re finding new ways to be immoral

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 2… Biblical Principles § It takes very little effort to know how serious God views sexual immorality 1 Cor 6: 9 -10 Gal 5: 19 -21 1 Tim 1: 9 -10

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 2… Biblical Principles § Marriage = only legitimate place to satisfy the sexual appetite Heb 13: 4 § Marriage meant to encourage

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 2… Biblical Principles § A person’s virginity (sexual purity) is to be protected and saved for marriage… not “auctioned off” to make money cp. Song of Sol 8: 8 -9

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 2… Biblical Principles § The young woman in this story is “thumbing her nose” at God Gal 6: 7 § She is being aided by a news

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Story # 3 Headline Life As We Know It Nearly Created In Science Lab

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 3… § Our culture is enamored with evolution or any “theory” opposing creation § This story offers “empty claims” and presents them as “proven facts”

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 3… Biblical Principles § Something as complex as the world could only exist by “intelligent design” § The “intelligent Designer” = God

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 3… Biblical Principles § His “creative power” is loudly declared in Scripture Gen 1: 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24 Psa 8: 3 33: 6, 9 148: 3 -5

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 3… Biblical Principles § This story cannot account for a “beginning” somewhere Heb 11: 3 § It takes more faith to believe it

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures About Story # 3… Biblical Principles § This story will eventually find its way into school, our children’s textbooks § A mindset that has always

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Conclusion § Do these headlines “shock” us? § While we may scratch our heads they actually appeared in the news, NO…we are not “shocked”

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Conclusion § We know the following… Jn 18: 26 1 Jn 5: 19 Psa 14: 1 § The people in these stories actually represent those mentioned in Jn 4: 33 -

Cultural Headlines Evidencing Moral And Spiritual Failures Conclusion § These stories make us painfully aware of our enormous responsibility in protecting & safeguarding our children…and in teaching them the word of God to combat this error

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