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Breakpoint

America Is #1 (and it's not good)

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

America is number one, again! Apparently, nearly one in four American kids grows up in a single-parent home, which is the highest rate in the world today. The U.K. is nearly keeping up at 21%, right behind our 23%. There are, at times, reasons a parent is absent, but as a nationwide reality it's unsustainable. These numbers are not the way for America to be exceptional. 

How is it that the U.S. and the U.K., two nations with such a long and intense history of Christian influence, have such a terrible record in this area? 

Both nations also have a long history of valuing and advancing freedom in a way that has blessed the world. However, when freedom devolves into a self-centered demand for absolute liberty, a freedom from any restraint and consequences, the blessings of true freedom are squandered, and the fruit left to our children is rotten, indeed. 

For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, visit Colsoncenter.org

 

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With a

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look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point. America is number one again.

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Apparently, nearly one in four American children grow up in a single parent home,

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which is the highest rate in the world. The UK is almost keeping up with us at 21% just behind our 23%

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now of course there are at times reasons that a parent is absent but as a nationwide

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reality it's simply not sustainable.

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These numbers are not the way for America to be exceptional.

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How is it that the U.S. and the UK two nations with such a long and intense history of

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Christian influence could have such a terrible record in this area? Well, both nations also have a long history of values. and

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influence could have such a terrible record in this area.

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In a way that has blessed the world.

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However, when that freedom devolves into a self-centered demand for absolute liberty,

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a freedom from any restraint or consequences?

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Well, the blessings of true freedom are squandered, and the fruit that's left to our children

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becomes rotten indeed.

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For the Colston Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.

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