Preface
Introduction

Part I - The Dark Age

Chapter 1 - The Decline and Fall of American Culture
• The American Dream
• Causes of the Fall of Rome 4
• Corrupt Representatives and Government Spending
• Corporate Abuse
• Education
• Entertainment
• Peace in the Middle East
• National Debt
• Financial Aid to Immigrants
• Diminishing Employment Opportunities
• Military Empire
• Epidemic Personal Debt
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 2 - Accountability
• Incompetence without Accountability
• Money Talks in Washington

Chapter 3 - Pessimism and Optimism
• Philosophical Optimism
• Philosophical Pessimism
• Revolution against Evil
• How to Start a Revolution

Chapter 4 - Good and Evil
• The Psalms
• Psalm 12
• Psalm 14
• Psalm 82
• Psalm 73
• Psalm 1
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 5 - What is Truth?
• Absolute Truth
• Relative Truth
• Can We Choose a Lie?
• The Search for Truth
• Tolerance
• Rescuing Truth from “Relativization”
• Finding Truth
• Tradition
• Imposed by Consensus or Enforced by Authority
• Reason and Sense Perception
• Objectivity
• Sacred
• How to Rely on Jesus to Discern Truth
• Experiencing Truth
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 6 - Truth and Falsehood
• To Thine Own Self Be True
• Angel of Light
• Analyzing Hogwash
• Hogwash: The American Way
• The Lie Defined
• Deceit Is a Serious Matter
• The First Lie
• The Ultimate Lie
• Everyone Lies Sometimes
• Combating Falsehood
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 7 - Between Two Evils
• The Two-Party System
• Voting Corruption
• Democrats’ and Republicans’ Opinions about Poverty
• Corporate Economy
• Causes of Poverty
• The Cure for Poverty
• I Choose Neither
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 8 - Justice
• Types of Justice
• A Parable of Justice
• Motives for Justice
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 9 - Political Correctness
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 10 - Freedom
• Sin
• Our Response to the Enemies of Our Freedom
• The Slavery of Commitment
• Quiet Desperation
• True Freedom
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 11 - A Man’s Home Is His Castle
• Chaos in the Castle
• A Man’s Job, His Castle?
• A Man’s Country, His Castle?
• A Man’s Church, His Castle?
• Appropriate Parallels
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 12 - Ambition
• Negative Ambition
• Positive Ambition
• What Are You Building?
• Good and Bad Ambition
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 13 - Violence
• The Root Causes of Violence
• The Class System
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 14 - Self Centeredness
• Following Love’s Lead
• Healthy Voluntary Self-Centeredness
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 15 - Destiny
• Our Divine Destiny
• Does America Have a Destiny?
• Individuals Have Unique Destinies
• Predestination and Predetermination
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 16 - Discipline
• Lack of Discipline
• No Free Lunch
• Obedience
• Sanctification
• It’s Our Choice
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 17 - Suffering
• Our Personal Crosses
• God Suffers
• Christ Suffered
• Believers Suffer
• Unbelievers Suffer
• Talking the Talk
• Walking the Walk
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 18 - Forgiveness
• God’s Forgiveness of Us1
• When God Doesn’t Forgive 1
• Our Forgiveness of Others
• How Often Should We Forgive?
• Whom Should We Forgive?
• When Face-to-Face Forgiveness Is Not Possible
• Forgiveness without Repentance
• Our Forgiveness of God
• Forgiveness Is Not Forgetting
• Forgiveness Is Not Tolerance
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 19 - Racism
• My Own Ethnic Crisis
• Natives and Immigrants
• Other Prejudices
• We Are All Foreigners
• Our Responsibility
Part II Quest for Certainty

Chapter 20 - Democracy: Theory and Reality
• Equal but Separate
• Losing Democracy at Home
• Camelot
• Promoting Democracy Abroad
• God’s Democracy
• God’s Mercy and Judgment
• Rescuing America Is No Longer an Option
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 21 - Who Am I, and Why Am I Here?
• Knowing Ourselves
• Pursing a Life of Harmony
• Pursuing a Life of Success
• Pursing a Life of Faith
• Life’s Ultimate Questions
• Rising above Ourselves
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 22 - Man’s Search for Meaning
• My Search
• Examining Our Lives
• The Ongoing Search
• Stop Searching
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 23 - What Is Love?
• A Loveless World
• God’s Love
• Loving Others
• Analyzing Love
• Types of Love
• Supernatural Love
• Unconditional Love
• Unconditional Acceptance
• Unconditional Salvation
• Destructive Love1
• Givers and Takers .1
• Ungrateful Recipients of Love 1
• Judging Love’s Recipients 1
• Embracing the Leper 1
• Our Responsibility .1

Chapter 24 - Marriage
• Deception in Relationships 1
• Deception during the Engagement 1
• Deception in Weddings1
• Deception in the Wedding Vows 1
• Deception in Marriage 1
• Love and marriage .1
• Marriage Hypocrisy 1
• Expectations and Disappointments 1
• Necessary Roles in Marriage 1
• Agreement 1
• Quid pro Quo 1
• Destructive Quid pro Quo 1
• The Real Causes of Divorce1
• The Foundation of a Marriage
• Protecting Your Marriage
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 25 - Teaching the Truth
• What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
• Today’s Educators .1
• The Origin of True Joy
• The Teacher’s Task
• Truth in Education
• Gaps in Our Education
• Integrating Spiritual and Secular Education
• Our Responsibility

Part III - Resurrection

Chapter 26 - Religion Is Not God
• What Is Religion?
• What Is Faith?
• Who Is God?
• Who Is Christ?
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 27 - The Kingdom of God
• What Is It?
• Where Is It?
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 28 - The Will of God
• God’s Spirit
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 29 - Jesus’ Way
• The Mystery of Life
• Being Born Again
• Christ’s Power
• God’s Solution for Man’s Sin
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 29 - Eternal Joy
• Renunciation of Possessions
• Living a Godly Life
• Christ in Us
• Getting to Know Jesus
• Persistence through Trials
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 30 - Options
• Eschew Relativism
• Fight the Evil Within
• Attack the Enemy
• Seek a Balanced Life
• Solitude and Service
• Receiving and Giving 1
• Turn the Other Cheek 1
• Trust God for Tomorrow
• Seek Wisdom
• Pursue Truth
• Be Ambitious for God
• Our Responsibility

Chapter 31 - Farewell
• Death and Judgment
• Four Types of People
• The Lives of the Saints
• We Are All Saints
• Our Predominant Faults
• Crossroad
• The Wrong Road
• The Right Road
• Which Road Are You On?
• Our Responsibility