One American author opened his Daily Mail and read the following: "Forget afternoon tea, cricket on the village green, roast beef and good manners. Britain is suffering an identity crisis as our genteel traditions are eroded by an obsession with TV talent shows, junk food, binge-drinking and porn and diluted by multiculturalism."

This particular writer then acknowledged that there is a lot of truth in this frank assessment. Yet in his extensive travels through the British Isles, in the service of National Geographic, he has also witnessed another side of this green and pleasant land. He observed that Britain is still brimming with many charming and lovely people of basic integrity.

I have to concur with this assessment because some of them reside on my block in the greater North London area. For instance, our next-door neighbors are very honest and helpful folk. They have a key to our home and often look after our dog when my wife, Jan, and I are both away for the day.

In this magazine we constantly warn our readers about the horrific consequences of the bad behavior that the apostle Paul told Timothy would occur at the time of the end (see 2 Timothy 3:1-7). But this is done in the hope that the gospel message will get out in ever greater intensity—effecting a reverse movement in the right direction. WNP