The more evil the environment in which the Christian must live, the more necessary it is to be careful and to be strong in the Lord. From nearly every direction, our culture threatens our faith. The person who takes seriously his relationship to Christ can't help being concerned about what the future holds. And for many of us, the spiritual survival of our families heads the list of our concerns. Modern challenges to the family are as deadly as they are real.
Homosexuality promises to redefine the very concept of what a family is.
Rampant divorce has made it impossible for children to have any confidence that their home will hold together long enough for them to grow up. The children's rights and social parenting movements are advocating that children be raised by the state rather than their parents. Abortion, suicide, and euthanasia each have disturbing family implications. The entertainment media, the educational system, and the welfare state all are arrayed against the traditional family. All in all, it is a frightening array of alien forces that confront the family in our nation.