God bless you, my brothers and sisters. You know, it’s so easy for us to lose our footing in these perilous times. When those people, places, and things that used to be our compass are no longer there; when the compass has shifted ever so slightly until the familiar becomes unfamiliar; when we have shifted ever so slightly until we become unfamiliar even to ourselves, it’s time for a recalibration! Are our moral values in alignment with what is right? Are they the same values as when we went into the pandemic? Whatever we considered right before, do we still consider it right? Conversely, whatever we considered wrong; do we still consider it wrong?

Fortunately for us, as God’s children, He has left us signs and warnings in His Word to remind us of the dangers of the “slippery slope.” Let us take three examples from Luke 15, then conclude with a ray of hope about God’s grace.