2. Bloodiest Century?
“[T]he twentieth century was the bloodiest, most destructive century in human history. The century's two world wars resulted in the deaths of at least 60 million people. The Russian Civil War of killed another 5-6 million. Between them, the tyrannical regimes of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao killed at least another 60 million of their own citizens. Many millions more were killed in dozens of other, smaller conflicts.”

4. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
Ephesians 6:13

5. Habakkuk 1:5-17

6. sex outside marriage covenant
radical feminism
sex outside marriage covenant
pornography
sex trafficking
child sexual abuse
homosexual movement
INVADING FORCES

7. When Evil Invades Expect:
1. A Heart of Anger

8. 1. A Heart of Anger Bitter (Resentment & Anger) Hasty (Out of Control)
Justice / Dignity from Themselves
Scoffs at Kings / Laughs at Rulers

9. When Evil Invades Expect:
A Heart of Anger
A Trail of Destruction

10. 2. A Trail of Destruction Cavalry horses like leopards
Soldiers swooping like an eagle
Gathering prisoners like dust or fish
Fortified cities like piles of dirt
Like the wind, a tornado or hurricane

11. DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES
family disintegration
moral lawlessness
pornography
sexual abuse
homosexuality

12. “The sexual revolution is over and everyone lost.”
Successful Revolution?
“The sexual revolution is over and everyone lost.”

13. When Evil Invades Expect:
A Heart of Anger
A Trail of Destruction
A Crowd of Captives

14. Therefore he [the LORD] brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged … He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons….
2 Chronicles 36:17-20

15. When Evil Invades Expect:
A Heart of Anger
A Trail of Destruction
A Crowd of Captives

16. Our Core Message
In the gospel, we seek a renovation of the heart not simply a reformation of behavior. The first causes the second. And the second without the first is meaningless in the end.

17. Jesus Christ: The Way leading to the living God
The Truth about all reality
The Life for which the human heart longs

18. “… the righteous shall live by his faith.”
Habakkuk 2:4

19. God’s Good Gifts chastity until marriage
sexual faithfulness in marriage
male leadership in the home
healthy friendships
biblical manhood and womanhood

20. Goodness of God
“By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people.”
A. W. Tozer