Thoughts on Happy Valley

Everyone has weighed in on the troubles at Penn State.  I think we as Americans seem to be somewhat aghast and fascinated at the same time by what is going on.  As my wife likes to say “it is loathsome, yet I cannot look away”.  Here we have a coach of over 60 years disgraced.  We have a program that has apparently looked the other way at what Jerry Sandusky did.  But I want to share some thoughts that you will likely not hear on the news.

1. Perversion of this sort is rampant – how long before we start to look at the evils of pornography and see that it is the cause of the continued increase in sexual perversions on the part of men.  The same people who condemn what Jerry Sandusky did are the same people that want to uphold pornography as free speech.  We even want to allow it in the public libraries!  The more rampant the pornography becomes, the more likely the types of perversions we see in our culture.  Look at the non-stop news we have been seeing lately.
2. A man with this type of perversion can only break the cycle of perversion supernaturally.  I am absolutely convinced of this.  If somehow the higher ups at Penn State thought that this situation would go unnoticed or even stop cold in its tracks, they were sadly mistaken.  Perversions get worse, not better on their own devices.  The cycle is broken by a broken man who confesses his sins and fills his heart with God’s presence.
3. it is really sad that the priority of a Penn State football program would outweigh the vulnerability and exploitation of young boys.  However, it could have happened anywhere to any program.  We are so hardened by what is around us that we miss what is truly important.  This is not unique to Penn State.
4. Any man is capable of what Mr. Sandusky did.  This is not unique.  All of us have at least the potential to harbor illicit, immoral thoughts in our brain with the potential to act on them.  It is only by the grace of God that we are able to live in total freedom to a monogamous lifetime relationship that God has designed completely for our fulfillment.

That is what you won’t read in the news, but it is the truth.  We need to address the root problems as a culture and not the symptoms.