You know, we really live in a world that's full of competing beliefs and values and choices,

and what you believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become. But the good news is,

God hasn't left us to figure it all out alone. No. In fact, today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

we're going to continue our series, reframing your worldview, where Rick Warren unpacks powerful

truths from God's Word to help you see life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose.

All right, well, I can't wait to hear Rick's message today.

Here he is with part one of a message called,

How Do I Know What's True?

In a national poll last month,

70% of Americans expressed concern about the, quote, decline in moral values in our

society.

I asked my researchers to go a little, do a little research on it.

They came back with about 350 articles on this issue, decline in moral values in in society just written in the last year.

There is what we would call a crisis of credibility in our nation.

And that is you can find corruption pretty much everywhere. You can find it in politics,

you can find it in business, you can find it in business, you can find it in sports, you can find it in academics, you can find it in entertainment, you can find it in churches.

You can probably give me an example of a scandal in every major sector of our society.

Now what is the cause of this quote decline in moral values? Well I can say it in two words

truth decay. Truth decay. Jesus said you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

Right. Freedom comes from truth. The more you know the truth, the

freer you are, in your spirit, in your life, in your family, whatever. The opposite

is true. The more you give up on truth, the more you forfeit your freedom. Now, I intentionally chose this phrase, truth decay,

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