Back in the days of the horse and buggy, story told about a farmer who came from his house to the town to buy some supplies.

On this particular day, his dog decided to follow him all the way to town.

The farmer, when he arrived into the storehouse and basically

tied his horse into the post there, the storekeeper noticed that the dog was panting so hard.

And so he chided the farmer for letting the dog run while he was riding on the horse

and buggy. And the farmer responded, he said, this dog is not tired from following me to town.

This dog is tired from his foolish zigzagging along the way. There wasn't an open gate or a

hall in a fence or a tree stump that this dog did not explore. He is worn out from zigzagging.

My beloved friends, I am absolutely convinced as I'm standing before you today

that the reason our society is in the fix that it is in is because of our foolish zigzagging

away from God. There's only one reason why the drugs and the murders and the addictions and the pornography and the sexual

perversions are breakdown of the family other than the zigzagging of sin away from God.

Our problem is not because we do not have enough government programs. Our problem is not because

we don't have enough government spending on social programs. Our problem started back

under when we began to zigzag away from God. In fact, it was just about the time when President Lyndon Johnson announced that the final

conquest of poverty is within our grasp. About that same time, a group of offbeat theologians

declared and announced that God is dead. By accident, I think not. The government now has replaced God

and his church. And that is why the epistle to the Romans is so relevant to our culture today.

It is so poignant to our culture today. It speaks to our culture today as well as allowed the church to speak with a

prophetic voice today. However, at the time of the Apostle Paul, when he was writing this epistle

to the Romans, when he was telling him about the wrath of God and the judgment of God that is

coming upon the evil of society, when he wrote at that time, he did not have the benefit

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