Today, 4,000 innocent precious lives of unborn babies
were snuffed out.
Their arms and legs were torn from their bodies, their skulls
crushed. One
and a half million times each year our "civilized" society
will take an
innocent life ... And 300,000 pulpits are silent.
Six hundred thousand children, between the ages of 3
and 18, are involved
in child pornography. Twenty thousand of them will disappear each
year,
never to be seen again ... And 300,000 pulpits are silent.
The networks make a mockery of Christians, the
Christian faith and
Christian values with nearly every show they air. Greed,
materialism,
violence, sexual immorality are standard fare. Program after
program, movie
after movie contains anti-Christian episodes and plots. News
articles
condescendingly refer to the "fundamental, right wing
Christians". Those
who speak out for the sacredness of life are branded as extremists ... And
300,000 pulpits are silent.
Teenage suicide is the highest it has ever
been. The number of teenage
alcoholics and drug addicts is the highest ever. Christian
morality cannot
be taught in schools but atheistic immorality can. Divorce is
taking
approximately one of every two marriages. The number of children
living in
broken homes is fast becoming a majority ... And 300,000 pulpits
are silent.
Rape has increased 700 percent in the last 50 years,
and that takes into
consideration the population growth. The FBI says one in four
12-year old
girls will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. Pornography has
become an
eight billion dollar business, with some of the largest companies in
America
involved--CBS, RCA, Coca-Cola, 7-Eleven, Time, Inc. ... And
300,000 pulpits are silent.
Rock music fills the airways, and our children's
minds with music which
legitimizes rape, murder, forced sex, sado-masochism, adultery, satanic
worship, etc ... And 300,000 pulpits are silent.
A majority of states now have lotteries. We
have eliminated that crime by
making it legal and putting it under the control of the state ... And
300,000 pulpits are silent.
What important matters are being dealt with in our
churches?
The church bulletin says there will be a meeting to
plan the church-wide
supper. We are raising money to put a new floor cover in the
kitchen. (The
old one doesn't match the new stove and refrigerator.) The sermon
subject
last Sunday was "How To Have A Positive Attitude." We
are organizing a
softball team.
At a meeting of church officials a program was
announced to recruit new
members. We need the new program because we are losing
membership. The new program was worked out by some of the very top
professionals, people who have had success in gaining new members for
the Lions Club, the Civitan Club and other organizations. We
really need professionals to do the job.
Sometimes blasphemy comes unnoticed.
Don