Playground or Battlefield?

It does not require keen powers of observation to detect that we live in the midst of a hedonistic culture. Perhaps that word "hedonistic" is, by reason of its very foreignness, a euphemism, i.e., a nice sounding word for a very evil and ugly reality. Simply put, a hedonistic culture is a culture in which men are lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. And please note: I do not say, "more than lovers of God." That would make it a matter of degree. But I say, "rather than lovers of God."...