# Ep 143: Don’t be shocked by society’s corruption (Ecc 5:8).

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Published: 2026-03-19T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/p/ep-143-dont-be-shocked-by-societys
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## Resource

Pray Read: Ecc 5:8. Meditation I rarely buy the newspaper, but just this last Wednesday (at the time of writing) I picked up two different papers, and let me share just a little of what I read. I warn you that these stories are troubling, but there is a point in sharing them. A four year old Melbourne girl was admitted to hospital this week. Weighing only 9.3kg, she had suffered severe neglect at the hands of her auntie, who was her guardian. She was severely malnourished and could not have survived much longer. When the case came to light, it was discovered that she had hardly attended pre-school, and the government worker charged with overseeing the girl also admitted that they had sometimes filed welfare reports without even seeing her. Here is another story. As William Dearing, a citizen of Melbourne, was singing the victory song of the Melbourne Football Club after his favourite team’s win at the MCG, a disgruntled supporter of the other team walked past and deliberately knocked the beer out of his hand. Mr Dearing, infuriated, knocked the man down and repeatedly beat him while he was on the ground. Mr Dearing got off from the courts with next to no penalty. One more story. Two drunk teenagers severely beat and injured an off duty and elderly police officer. There were worse stories than these as well, but I will not go into them now. My point is that even from a randomly selected newspaper on any given day there are numerous stories of darkness, and hearing so many of these stories may easily tempt us to despair. As Christians it is worse still, because these stories are only the ones the media is willing to report. It really is just the tip of the iceberg. For example, they will not print the story of Australia’s mass murder of unborn infants. That is a story un…

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