Why has our culture gotten so bad, so fast? This question has been posed by many of us in recent days: young adults looking at the world we’re about to step into and wondering how we’ll manage, grandparents trying to figure out why their sweet granddaughter wants to be called Bert, parents watching the government school system trash their child’s faith, and pastors, trying to lead their flock away from glittering worldly baubles.

The Village Church of Barrington recently held a seminar series they titled “Parenting in a Godless Culture; Educating Parents and Grandparents.” Dr. Erwin Lutzer was a special lead speaker in this series and he addresses this question in his lecture he titled “The Eclipse of God in American Culture.” He did a wonderful job, weaving together the historical and sociological reasons for the downfall of society and walking us through how the west’s desire to “kill God” (figuratively – meaning no longer believing that He is the basis for reality and we must answer to Him) has set our country and culture on the same slippery slope Germany slid down in the 1930’s or Russia in the 1910’s.

Dr. Lutzer ends with some important thoughts on what parents and grandparents – and everyone else! – can do to help young people walk a different path. Please watch and share!

Understanding our Culture and how it Impacts our Children – Dr. Erwin Lutzer from Village Church of Barrington on Vimeo.