How Are Christians To Live In A Darkening World?

Our world seems to be getting darker by the minute. At the time this article is being written, there have been 496 shootings and 19,375 overall violent crimes this year in the city of Chicago alone. These are simply staggering numbers. According to the Chicago Police crime statistics website, the violent crime rate in the city is up 45 percent from last year and 95 percent from the year before.

Our civilization is literally crumbling around us. We live on the very edge of civilization and it is giving way beneath our feet. It would be easy to despair in times like these where violence, wickedness, sexual immorality, divorce rates, abortions are all increasing at exponential rates. I say, it would be easy to despair were they not already foretold in the Scriptures and explained to us by the Lord Himself.