Whether it is in politics, business, sports, religion, or the culture at large, people demand character and morality from their leaders.  No one wants to be led by someone who morally fails in their personal lives.  People are not necessarily looking for perfection in leadership, just principles.  But the problem in our society is that we have failed to recognize where those principles derive.  We have repealed absolute truth and challenged people to live by standards that only absolute truth can produce.  Thus, we are in a moral, dare I say, spiritual quandary.

     David Hunter, sociologist at University of Virginia explains, “We want character without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but without particular moral justifications that invariably offend; we want good without having to name evil.”

     In short, we want to discredit the Word of God while placing expectations upon people to live by moral standards that are obtained only from the Word of God.  As made evident by our culture, that just doesn’t work.  Without clear, precise, and unrelenting principles, leadership will continue to fail, and this generation will continue to experience moral frustration. Moral truth can only be exhibited by leaders when the source for moral truth is passionately embraced.