1. WELCOME! The Christian In A Secular America Parkside Bible Fellowship Adult Summer Sunday School August 2, 2009 8th Session

2. Review Let’s take some time and review what we have learned thus far!

3. KEY VERSES Matthew 22: 36 to 40

4. KEY VERSES Matthew 22: 36-38 36"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37And He said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38"This is the great and foremost commandment.

5. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE Verses 36 to 38 The Christian life is summarized As Christians we must understand our culture and its challenges because we are followers of Christ. We are called to be faithful and ready to think as Christians when confronted with the crucial issues of the day.

6. KEY VERSES Verses 39 to 4039The second is like it, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” 40"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

7. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE Verses 39 to 40: Jesus commanded love of neighbor! As Christians, we are commanded to care for our neighbors. Because we love God first, our neighbor and neighborhoods, it is imperative we know about the current issues of the day. Our Savior left us on earth for a reason.

8. THEME OF CLASS Matthew 5: 13-16 “We are the salt and light in a dying world.”

9. MORAL ABSOLUTES Absolute Truth or Moral Absolutes Whatever is true at one time and at one place is true at all time's and at all places. What is true for one person is true for all person's. Truth is true whether we believe it or not. Truth is discovered or it is revealed through God’s Word, it is not invented by a culture or by religious men.

10. MORAL ABSOLUTES Where do we find moral absolutes or a moral code to live by? Ten Commandments Beatitudes Ethical teachings such as murder, adultery, divorce are throughout the Bible These take the form of the Old Testament teachings and are found in the New Testament.

11. MORAL ABSOLUTES Judeo-Christian Values It is the belief in the Biblical God of Israel, in His Ten Commandments and His Biblical moral laws. It is a belief in absolute, not relative, morality. It is a belief that America must answer morally to God and not to the mortal, usually venal (corrupt), governments of the world.

12. MORAL RELATIVISM So, what is moral relativism? Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are and therefore subject to a person's individual choice. We can all decide what is right for ourselves. You decide what's right for you, and I'll decide what's right for me. Moral relativism says, "It's true for me, if I believe it."

13. The Attack On the Institution of Marriage

14. How/why did we get to this point in our society where the sanctity of marriage is threatened? Sexual revolution in the 60's Media (Hollywood) The Pill (birth control) Abortion (Roe vs Wade) Illegitimacy (Fatherlessness) Cohabitation Reproductive Technologies Divorce Gay Rights

17. What does the Bible say about homosexuality?

18. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Same Sex Marriage Is Homosexuality. In God’s eyes, it is SIN!

19. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Relativism What is, is OK Homosexual feelings are natural All homosexual activity is a viable choice No guilt Absolutes Warped by the Fall Homosexual feelings are abnormal All homosexual activity is sin Jesus forgives sinners

20. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE What the Bible States about Homosexuality? It’s unnatural It’s immoral It’s perversion God’s intent is heterosexuality Marriage is a picture of Christ and the Church Can be SAVED! Leviticus 18: 22 Leviticus 20: 13 Romans 1: 18 – 27 I Corinthians 6: 9 -11 I Timothy 1: 8 - 10

21. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE What is the truth about homosexuality? 1. Engaging in homosexuality has destructive outcomes: AIDS/HIV Virus and much higher risk of STDs High rate of alcoholism and drug abuse Much more promiscuity and domestic abuse Shortened life span Homosexual relationships average 9 to 60 months

22. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE What is the truth about homosexuality? 2. Emotional consequences Confusion about oneself, less acceptance, more shame and self-condemnation 3. Spiritual consequences: Filled with guilt Hearts hardened toward God

23. The Battle Against Same Sex Marriage

27. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Same-sex marriages legalized in SIX of the 50 states: Maine, same-sex marriages will begin on or around September 14, 2009, pending a possible people's veto. New Hampshire, same-sex marriages begin on January 1, 2010.

28. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Same-sex marriages legalized in SIX of the 50 states: California, same-sex marriages were performed between June 16, 2008 and Nov. 4, 2008. California voters passed Prop.8 in the Nov. 2008 election that denied same-sex marriage.

29. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Same-sex marriages legalized in SIX of the 50 states: New York and Washington, D.C.,same-sex marriages from other states are recognized but not performed.

32. It also authorizes states to deny recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states.PROBLEM: A violation of the U.S. Constitution's guarantee that each state will give "full faith and credit" to the laws of other states.

35. DOMA, encouraged the states to either pass legislation or a state constitutional amendment recognizing marriage as an “act between a man and a woman.”GOAL: Gain enough states to eventually ratify a national Constitutional Amendment

37. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Marriage Amendment Summary States Marriage Amendments Fall 2008 Vote: 1. Arizona (2008 by 56.5%) 2. California (2008 by 52%) 3. Florida (2008 by 62%) States Marriage Amendments Fall 2006 Vote: Arizona (2006 by 48.2% -- did not pass)2. Colorado (2006 by 56%)3. Idaho (2006 by 63%)4. South Carolina (2006 by 78%)5. South Dakota (2006 by 52%)6. Tennessee (2006 by 81%) 7. Virginia (2006 by 57%)8. Wisconsin (2006 by 59%)

38. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Marriage Amendment Summary States With Marriage Amendments: Alabama (2006 by 81%)2. Alaska (1998 by 68%)3. Arkansas (2004 by 75%) 4. Georgia (2004 by 77%)5. Hawaii (1998 by 69%)6. Kansas (2005 by 70%)7. Kentucky (2004 by 75%)8. Louisiana (2004 by 78%)9. Michigan (2004 by 59%)10. Mississippi (2004 by 86%)

39. INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE Marriage Amendment Summary States With Marriage Amendments: 11. Missouri (2004 by 71%)12. Montana (2004 by 66%)13. Nebraska (2000 by 70%) 14. Nevada (2002 by 67%)15. North Dakota (2004 by 73%)16. Ohio (2004 by 62%)17. Oklahoma (2004 by 76%)18. Oregon (2004 by 57%)19. Texas (2005 by 76%)20. Utah (2004 by 66%)

40. CHRIST AND CULTURE If a Marriage Protection Amendment is successfully proposed by Congress and ratified by 38 states (3/4 of states) and added to the US Constitution, than there can be no lawsuits or Supreme Court action against DOMA. Currently, there is NO Marriage Protection Amendment. PROBLEM: If a lawsuit is brought against DOMA, the Supreme Court may enforce the Full Faith and Credit Clause thus declaring DOMA unconstitutional and legalizing same sex marriage. It becomes the “law of the land.” IN THE NEWS 111th Congress: H. J. Res. 37 Introduced March 2009, Marriage Protection Amendment---Committee 110th Congress: H. J. Res. 89: Marriage Protection Amendment Died 109th Congress: H. J. Res. 88: Marriage Protection Amendment: House (88% of Republicans supporting, 83% of Democrats opposing.) Died 108th Congress: H. J. Res. 106: Marriage Protection Amendment: House (87% of Republicans supporting, 81% of Democrats opposing.) Died 107th Congress: H. J. Res. 93, Marriage Protection Amendment Died

42. Fornication

44. SANCTITY OF LIFE We, as Christians affirm that Human life is not an achievement but a gift from God. It has measureless value, because every individual, at every stage of development and every state of consciousness, is known and loved by God. This is the source of human dignity and the basis for human equality. It must therefore be asserted without exception orqualification: No one is worthless whom God has created and for whom Christ died. Human life is sacred and should not be terminated merely because it is difficult.

45. SANCTITY OF LIFE Abortion is man usurping (seizing) the sovereign will and authority of God. It is man desiring to become God, to decide who lives and who doesn’t. It is a rebellion against God’s authority. In the US, Abortion has divided our nation into Pro-Choice or Pro-Life loyalties.

46. SANCTITY OF LIFE John Willke, president of the National Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, asks the right questions: Since when does anyone's right to live depend upon someone else wanting them? Killing the unwanted, is a monstrous evil . . . So, should a woman have the right to choose? I have a right to free speech, but not to shout "fire" in a theater. A person's right to anything stops when it injures or kills another living human . . . The pivotal question is, should any civilized nation give to one citizen the absolute right to kill another to solve the first person's personal problem?

47. The American Holocaust

48. SANCTITY OF LIFE ROE vs WADE The landmark case giving abortion rights in America is Roe v. Wade, decided January 22, 1973. Norma McCorvey sued to stop the state of Texas from restricting her the right to have an abortion. She never proceeded with an abortion and later reversed her position becoming an advocate for the unborn. The case was based on the right to privacy recognized by the U. S. Supreme Court from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

49. The annual number of legal abortions increased through the 1970s, leveled off in the 1980s and fell in the 1990s

50. The number of U.S. abortion providers rose until 1982 and has declined since 11% decline 2% decline

51. Annual number of abortions in Nevada, 1973-2005

52. Abortion rates in the United States and Nevada, 1973-2005

53. Number of abortion providers in Nevada, 1973-2005

54. U.S. Share of Abortions Worldwide Other Countries Source: Sedgh, 2007

55. Abortion Rate, United States and World Abortions per 1,000 women Source: Sedgh, 2007 (data for 2003)

56. U.S. Abortion Rate Higher Than in Many Other Industrialized Countries Abortions per 1,000 women Source: Sedgh, 2007

57. SANCTITY OF LIFE Francis Schaeffer: “We are not living under Scripture, if we do not practice the bottom line of civil disobedience on the appropriate level when the state has abrogated it authority.” “There comes a time when force, even physical force, is appropriate. The Christian is not to take the law into his own hands, and become a law unto himself. But when all avenues of flight and protest have closed, force in the defensive posture is appropriate.” A Christian Manifesto, p. 117 Do you agree? Funding Abortion Funding Abortion 1