THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN
Rutgers University Sociology Prof. David Popenoe, and Jean Bethke Elshtain, Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago divinity School. Concluded that the decline of marriage is mainly responsible for the deteriorating well-being of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Teen sexual activity declining
According to a July 28 CNSNews.com story by Rick Docksai, sexual activity among teenagers is now on the decline, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their findings were compiled in the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Teen sexual activity declining
According to a July 28 CNSNews.com story by Rick Docksai, sexual activity among teenagers is now on the decline, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their findings were compiled in the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior
                    
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                    Contributed by Curtis Emerson on Jun 8, 2010
                
                
                
                    Have we held the line? Should those who have died rest easy because we are holding to the values that they were willing to give their lives for?
Consider this timeline; 
"in 1954 churches began to grow silent; 
by 1963 the Bible and prayer were removed from public schools; 
by 1965 the sexual
                    
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                    In a book called “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” a Roman Emporer is quoted:  
--I have now reigned above 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Church Member Giving continues to decline according to the Empty Tomb research group. Protestants gave 3.1% of their income in ’68 compared to 2.5% in ’98, a lower rate than in ’33 during the
                    
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                    Morality In Decline In ‘69, Gallup found that premarital sex was frowned upon by two-thirds of Americans. Today, only 38% believe it is wrong for a man and a woman to have sexual relations before marriage. 52% also believes that "living together" is morally acceptable. Expectations relating to
                    
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                    In Edward Gibbons book, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he mentions a statement from one of the most powerful, prosperous, and prestigious Muslim rulers of the Roman era. Gibbons wrote, 
“It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence
                    
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