he likely feels the personal failure
of his daughter making worldly
choices. Despite his consistent
guidance over the years, Renee is now
rebelling against God—and him.
On the sur face, Teri’s response
a p p e a r s t o b e t h e m o re l ov i n g
approach. Because she’s all in for
her child. On the other hand, thanks
to cultural tolerance, Kenton’s position
appears to be harsh and unloving.
Part of his anger might be due to his
fear that Renee will ask for further
compromise. Perhaps next she’ll
drop the bombshell that she and her
boyfriend have decided to live together.
Cultural Tolerance Fails Our Kids
Today’s youth have been heavily
influenced by the media—from TV
commercials, to sitcoms, to movies,
to computer games, to live comedy—
to view premarital sex as no big deal.
So when Christian parents tell their
kids that God wants them to wait for
marriage, they’re confused. “Dad,” they
might say. “That was the norm back in
the Dark Ages. Sex is okay now.
Everybody’s doing it.”
But the Bible tells us that God doesn’t
change his mind about sin. Nor is
he surprised that “everybody’s doing
it.” From the dawn of time, man has
rebelled. Good going, Adam and Eve!
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a behavior as “okay,” that doesn’t
make it so. There has always been
a sliver of the population more than
willing to engage in carnal activities.
Unfortunately, because of cultural
tolerance, that sliver has widened
significantly. Things that were once
taboo, are now touted as “okay,” and
“normal,” and “your right.”
Remember when being drunk in
public was utterly humiliating?
Now kids intentionally party to get
drunk. The conduct of many
college students during Spring
Break should shame them. Yet they
often boast, “Man, I was soooooo
wasted!”
What kind of achievement is that? A
monkey could do the same—and get
the same terrible hangover. These
kids boast about sexual conquests,
too. What a tragedy that our youth
don’t realize how sacred sex is, when
it’s treated like the treasure God
intended .
While society glorifies the pleasures of
drinking and sex, it totally ignores the
emotional and physical fall-out from
doing both: disease, unplanned
pregnancy, depression, and a host
of other debilitating issues. It’s like
a drug pusher selling the highs of
his products—while conveniently
failing to mention that when the user
hits rock bottom, it’s really gonna hurt.
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