For decades, Rob Reiner helped shape America’s moral imagination through film, television, and cultural influence—telling stories rooted in justice, love, and the promise of moral progress. This week, that narrative collided with devastating tragedy. In this short-form Underground Sessions commentary, we pause before rushing to political, psychological, or ideological explanations and ask a harder question: What happens when a culture that promises moral progress cannot explain moral collapse?

This episode offers a sober, biblically grounded reflection on the limits of secular moral frameworks and why evil continues to shock a culture convinced it has moved beyond it. Without sensationalism or moral grandstanding, we explore what Scripture says about the human heart, why progress without God fails to produce peace, and how the gospel uniquely confronts tragedy with truth, accountability, and hope.



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