For the last several decades, it has been common to hear America described as a “post-Christian nation.”…

The implications of this are massive, representing a seismic cultural shift…

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A few years ago, I was speaking to a black pastor in Charlotte, North Carolina. He told me that when he was growing up, any adult in the neighborhood who saw a child misbehave could correct that child or even discipline him. Doing that today might get you shot.

He also said that the older generation would commonly admonish the younger generation to act with respect and dignity…

…[T]he findings of psychologist David Myers…noted that, “Had you fallen asleep in 1960 and awakened today…You would be awakening to a:

• Doubled divorce rate.
• Tripled teen suicide rate.
• Quadrupled rate of reported violent crime.
• Quintupled prison population.
• Sextupled…percent of babies born to unmarried parents.
• Sevenfold increase in cohabitation…
• Soaring rate of depression – to ten times the pre-World War II level…

Need I say that, 21 years ago, the idea of the Supreme Court redefining marriage…Or that…Bruce Jenner would be named Woman of the Year by GlamourMagazine and…would run for governor of California would have sounded like a cruel joke?…

[W]e make a grave error to take certain truths as self-evident…That is not the case…

Have you seen the shift and felt the implications? What is your response? Share in the comments below!

(Excerpt from Christian Post. Article by Michael Brown. Photo Credit: Dave Goudreau/Unsplash).