Without Jesus, the future is fearful. The Rev. John Mehl is a missionary in Russia. When he recently stopped by my office, I asked him how things are in Russia. The picture he painted was not good. Adultery is commonplace.
Divorce is sky- rocketing.
Alcoholism is epidemic. Life expectancy in Russia is short, only 57 years. And the population is declining. Young people, he says, are marrying, but they are not having children because they are afraid of the future. My own daughters are ages 25 and 20.