Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 7:17-23
by: Jerry Johnson.
As a Christian concerned about the decline of our culture, I take note of statistics produced by authors such as Dr. William Bennett. One cannot help but be alarmed at the rates of divorce, abortions, drug use, violent crime, sexually transmitted diseases, child and spousal abuse, and other things. America has fallen apart in the last forty years.
Unfortunately, we spend a lot of our time arguing the issues (symptoms) instead of providing a cure for the real disease. Jesus tells us in Mark 7 that these types of sins do not take place in isolation. The heart is the ultimate residence. To see reform in society we need spiritual revival in us first.