Some Effects of Lack of Faith and Trust in the True God

There are many watershed events that show us time and again what happens when there is a complete lack of faith and trust in God. Three events all connected to the worship of false sports' gods come to mind. The shootings at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech and the child abuse scandal at Penn State all involved fear of hurting the reputation of the schools' names and football programs. Their plans did not work. God will shine a light on that which is done in darkness. The light overcomes the dark...and reveals the sin.

The leadership in all these schools failed because they lacked faith and trust in God, regardless of their public confessions of such.