Did you know that most crimes in Australia are trending down. Some of the few exceptions include youth crime, domestic violence and cybercrime.
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Cybercrime is booming because that’s where commerce is moving. It’s easier to sit at a computer and steal money than rob a bank.
Cyber crime is annoying, but domestic violence and youth crime are unnerving. They demonstrate a catastrophic break-down in families – and successful families are at the heart of a successful society.
These two phenomena we need to take note of, and understand they aren’t reversed by tougher laws, but by transformed hearts. Tough laws don’t change hearts.
In all of history only one thing consistently does – a revelation of God’s love for us. It’s passe, but, boy, we need to understand our need, and that in God we are needed.
Paul Clark’s musings can be heard on radio across Australia and at atthetop.org.au.
