Crime seems to be the one constant, ubiquitous occurrence in American society. While there was a time when one could move about without much thought to his or her safety, that time seems to have gone. Public officials who have bought into "woke," which is to say Marxist, ideas about economics, class, race, and gender now regularly refuse to prosecute crime, contending it's not a matter of individual choice but of racial or economic oppression. Law-abiding citizens bare the greatest negative burden of this trend. But lawlessness, crime, criminality are all rooted in the soul that lacks or has rejected a moral code, right and wrong, accountability, or individual responsibility. And these people are now legion in American society. Consequently, America's shining city on a hill is becoming tarnished, youth lack hope and aspiration, nihilism reigns, and with it, destruction. Our task as Christians is to speak truth into this dying civilization, knowing God is still sovereign and he will bring all things to account. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.