4 May 2026 Acts 14:5-18 Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter “Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.” Acts 14:12 A teacher says to his class, “All you students with brown eyes, raise your hands.” Brown-eyed students raise their hands. “You all fail for the year. Get out.” The students say (all together now), “That’s not fair!” Teacher: I don’t care. Get out. Students: We’ll get you fired for this! Teacher: Wow, you we

Almost everyone recognizes the existence of objective moral values and duties – some things are always right, and other things are always wrong, no matter what any individual or society thinks. How do we explain their objectivity? If it is not based on God, then it can only be based on decisions made by individuals or societies, but that would mean they are no longer objective. So if there are objective moral values and duties, that is a very strong argument that God exists.

This moral decay has been around for a really long time. Ideas have consequences. How’d we get “drag queen story hour,” or boys in girls’ bathrooms, or nearly a million abortions a year, or the trafficking and abuse of children, or the reckless damage to our water, soil, and air? Same.

Is someone who says he has an alternative to a time-tested moral truth, something that is easy & will yield better results than the old way.