Does morality still matter in America? How Christians can answer God’s call to be America’s moral compass
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🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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A record-high 56 percent of Americans say the country’s moral values are “poor,” which is up from 44 percent last year. Moreover, 80 percent say that values are getting worse. That a majority of people from every party now believe our sense of values is poor and getting worse could actually be a sign that perhaps the general public has become sufficiently disillusioned to start looking beyond our political leaders for answers. If so, that’s a space where Christians should be able to help. And the story of Ben Sasse offers some guidance on how we can do just that.
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| 1:07.9 | It's Friday, June the 5th, 2026, and we're glad you've joined us for the Daily Article Podcasts from Denison Forum. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm narrator, Chris Elkins, giving voice to today's daily article written by our senior editor for theology, Dr. Ryan Dennison. |
| 1:25.2 | Throughout much of this week, Dr. Jim Denison's daily articles have focused on issues of morality in the culture |
| 1:32.5 | while providing guidance on how to embrace a more biblical system of values amid pressure to do otherwise. |
| 1:39.9 | It's an important conversation, particularly because our culture has little hope of embracing |
| 1:45.0 | Christ's teachings if Christians aren't doing so first. |
| 1:48.9 | I must admit, though, the transition from reading each morning's articles to diving into |
| 1:53.9 | the day's news shortly thereafter has felt particularly jarring. |
| 1:58.0 | It's not necessarily that this week has seen an abnormal influx |
| 2:02.6 | of people rejecting biblical values, though examples have not been hard to find. After all, |
| 2:08.1 | stories to that effect are present every day. Rather, I think the juxtaposition of this week's |
| 2:14.2 | theme in the Daily article with news of what's happening in our culture and our world |
| 2:18.8 | has stood out because it made me wonder how much of our culture still cares about morality |
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