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Note:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n Fifty years ago, lasciviousness, adultery, and fornication, were almost universally deemed reprehensible; they hardly raise an eyebrow anymore. New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer, was forced to resign in 2008 for patronizing prostitutes. CNN rewarded him with a TV contract in 2010. New York congressman, Anthony Weiner, was forced to resign his seat in June 2011. He initially denied his involvement in a \u201csexting\u201d scandal, but then admitted his guilt. His fellow Democrats appeared more incensed that he was caught in a lie than that he was involved in moral turpitude.<\/span><\/p>\n Millions of couples \u201clive together\u201d without marriage, often producing children. Sexual \u201cfreedom\u201d dominates the entertainment industry. Readily available pornography is a multi-billion dollar business annually. America seems obsessed with flaunting what was once the most personal, private, and intimate relationship possible between a man and a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n The 1960s \u201csexual revolution\u201d occurred long enough ago for us to observe some causes and effects. Consider some factors behind the abandonment of previous national moral standards:<\/span><\/p>\n These and other factors have produced vastly more than a few individual Weiners, Spitzers, Edwardses, and Clintons\u2014they have truly wrought a revolution in American morals:<\/span><\/p>\n This list, though not exhaustive, reveals a rotting, decaying culture. The ultimate consequence is even more drastic. The Bible says: \u201cLet marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge\u201d (Heb. 13:4). Only in God-authorized marriage (Mat. 19:6) do we find the honorable and undefiled place for \u201cthe bed\u201d (i.e., fulfillment of the God-given sexual appetite). It is defiled in all other settings, constituting fornication and\/or adultery. Those who take these sins to the Judgment will receive God\u2019s just condemnation (Rev. 21:8; 22:14\u201315).<\/span><\/p>\n How can we reclaim the moral standards our nation honored in the past?<\/span><\/p>\n Some 3,500 years ago, Solomon wrote: \u201cRighteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people\u201d (Pro. 14:34). How greatly reproached our beloved nation is when judged by this inspired rule.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in three parts in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, June 17, 24, and July 1, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution: <\/strong>Printed from TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, owned and administered by Dub McClish.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0 page.] Fifty years ago, lasciviousness, adultery, and fornication, were almost universally deemed reprehensible; they hardly raise an eyebrow anymore. New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer, was forced to resign in 2008 for…<\/p>\n\n
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