Reading: Psalm 11 - 14
My Verse: "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? . . The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good" (11:3, 14:1).
This morning I ran across an article entitled "Dartmouth President takes on Debased Campus Culture." In the article President Hanlon is quoted; "Dartmouth cannot be held back by the few who wrongly hide harmful behaviors behind the illusion of youthful exuberance. Routinized excessive drinking, sexual misconduct and blatant disregard of social norms have no place at Dartmouth. Enough is enough."
This weekend I was in a conversation about swearing. My son mentioned how he has several professors that swear frequently. And this on a Christian campus. We talked about the why of swearing. It was mentioned that English is a rich language, there is no need for profanity. We discussed the reasons for swearing; laziness, insecurity - a need to appear tough, or a misguided attempt to appear "cool or hip" to the young.
It is sad that adults do not take on their responsibility of leading and guiding the young, instead they try to be like the young even when the behaviors are questionable. These behaviors as Hanlon stated merely have the "illusion of youthful exuberance."
Even those that deny You, LORD God, recognize the inmate need we all have for a sound moral structure in our society. There was another article in the New York Times last week entitled, "Raising A Moral Child." As our society slowly but steadily deteriorates this need for morality becomes more and more pronounced.
You, LORD God instruct through Your word that we are to,
" Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it" (Psalm 22:6).
"And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of The Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
The very foundations of our social mores are crumbling. And like in Noah's day there will come a time when it will be too late to turn things around. For, You LORD God tell us you will return and put an end to all that is corrupt. (Acts 17:31)
Oh, LORD God, I pray for our society. I pray that the professors on our campuses across the country be courageous and instead of succumbing to the desire to be more like the young - lead and guide them by example - by following Your precepts. (Psalm 18)
I commend Hanlon for speaking up on this need to check our young when they get caught up in obviously wrong and harmful behavior. We need to stem the tide of the crumbling away of our moral foundation.
"You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability" (2 Peter 3:17).
"Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation" (Isaiah 28:16).
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? . . The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good" (11:3, 14:1).
This morning I ran across an article entitled "Dartmouth President takes on Debased Campus Culture." In the article President Hanlon is quoted; "Dartmouth cannot be held back by the few who wrongly hide harmful behaviors behind the illusion of youthful exuberance. Routinized excessive drinking, sexual misconduct and blatant disregard of social norms have no place at Dartmouth. Enough is enough."
This weekend I was in a conversation about swearing. My son mentioned how he has several professors that swear frequently. And this on a Christian campus. We talked about the why of swearing. It was mentioned that English is a rich language, there is no need for profanity. We discussed the reasons for swearing; laziness, insecurity - a need to appear tough, or a misguided attempt to appear "cool or hip" to the young.
It is sad that adults do not take on their responsibility of leading and guiding the young, instead they try to be like the young even when the behaviors are questionable. These behaviors as Hanlon stated merely have the "illusion of youthful exuberance."
Even those that deny You, LORD God, recognize the inmate need we all have for a sound moral structure in our society. There was another article in the New York Times last week entitled, "Raising A Moral Child." As our society slowly but steadily deteriorates this need for morality becomes more and more pronounced.
You, LORD God instruct through Your word that we are to,
" Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it" (Psalm 22:6).
"And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of The Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
The very foundations of our social mores are crumbling. And like in Noah's day there will come a time when it will be too late to turn things around. For, You LORD God tell us you will return and put an end to all that is corrupt. (Acts 17:31)
Oh, LORD God, I pray for our society. I pray that the professors on our campuses across the country be courageous and instead of succumbing to the desire to be more like the young - lead and guide them by example - by following Your precepts. (Psalm 18)
I commend Hanlon for speaking up on this need to check our young when they get caught up in obviously wrong and harmful behavior. We need to stem the tide of the crumbling away of our moral foundation.
"You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability" (2 Peter 3:17).
"Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation" (Isaiah 28:16).
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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