We have now entered the month of June, a time that, for many, marks the advent of summer’s warmth and vitality. But in recent years, this month has taken on an additional and highly toxic significance as it is globally recognized as Pride Month. This period, marked by rainbow-splattered parades and flamboyant festivities, paints itself as a celebration of diversity, inclusivity, and freedom of expression. Yet, it presents a dark illustration of the moral abyss we are grappling with.
During this time, the world cloaks itself in a multicolored veneer of acceptance, the rainbow—a symbol of God's covenant with humanity and a motif that children are naturally attracted to—now co-opted to celebrate what is essentially a rebellion against His divine design. As parents and God-fearing Christians, we find ourselves in a month-long spectacle that not only normalizes but glorifies behavior contrary to our Biblical standards.
We stand today on the precipice of a moral abyss, teetering at the brink of a seemingly unbridled chaos. It is as if the world, in a disconcerting echo of Genesis, is erecting its own modern-day Tower of Babel—a tower built not with brick and mortar, but with false ideologies and distortions of truth. It is a spectacle of unchecked pride, which we know comes directly before the fall, and an brash defiance of the divine order.
In the heart of this storm resides the ever-growing, ever-aggressive affirmation of a new morality, a brazen repudiation of the sexual ethic laid out in the Holy Scriptures. It is thrust into our homes and hearts, carried along the pulsating wavelengths of the digital age. Streaming services such as Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube, and even the new darlings of the entertainment industry, are not innocent conduits of harmless diversions. No, they are on the frontlines, pushing an agenda that seeks to reshape the hearts and minds of our most precious treasures— our children.
These media giants meticulously wrap their messages in packages of entertainment, neatly disguising the peril within. Animated characters, sitcom teenagers, even ostensibly wholesome family dramas, are now pulpit and preacher, subtly or overtly endorsing a lifestyle that is diametrically opposed to God's design as clearly expressed in the Scriptures.
Worse, the threat looms even closer to home. Alarmingly, many of our children's schools, places we entrust with their education and development, have become fertile ground for the sowing of these questionable ideologies. The innocence of our young ones is assaulted with indoctrination into this new morality. Activities under the banner of diversity and inclusion are integrated into curricula, with Pride marches and LGBTQ+ history lessons becoming unsettling norms.
Even more disconcertingly, parents and children who conscientiously object or refuse to participate based on their faith or personal convictions are often marginalized, stigmatized, and subjected to guilt tactics. This grotesque bullying of Christians within our educational institutions only exacerbates the moral confusion and challenges we face as parents committed to raising our children according to God's word.
The book of Genesis tells us about Sodom and Gomorrah, cities that were steeped in sexual immorality and perversions. The Lord, seeing the depth of their sin, rained down upon these cities a catastrophic destruction. The consequences of sin were never more starkly displayed than in the smoldering ashes of these once-thriving settlements.
We must not let our children suffer the same fate—we must not sit idly by as the new Babel rises. It is our duty to protect our children from these threats and to guide them toward the path of righteousness. We have been entrusted with the holy responsibility to "train up a child in the way he should go" (Proverbs 22:6).
We must also, with the might of our God-given authority and power of the gospel, correct this rampant misconception—that God's displeasure with sin equates to a situation of no hope of salvation. The truth is, God loves His creation, but detests sin. Romans 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." This is the fundamental message we must instill in our children—God's boundless love and His abhorrence for sin.
Our world is seemingly engrossed in a grand celebration of pride, a distorted love that cloaks sin in the garb of acceptance. But let us remember the words of Jesus: “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” (John 15:18-19)