“If the sins of religions seem to eclipse their merits, chart your own spiritual path for truth and wisdom.” This sentence appears near the end of a Harvard Crimson article that briefly summarizes the spiritual orientation at Harvard’s Divinity School throughout its history. The words “chart your own spiritual path” highlight how Christian institutions in the USA fail to offer a universal theology that will inspire and sustain our culture.

While intended as a positive and inspiring phrase, the words “chart your own” are emblematic of the spiritual decline of our country. The spiritual decline is the cause of our moral, political, economic, and cultural decline. Instead of continuing our adherence to biblical values and worship, we have appropriated too many materialistic goals and turned away from Biblical ethics and following God.

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When one thinks about charting one’s own spiritual path, Oprah Winfrey’s steadfast adherence to the phrase “my truth” comes to mind. Many believe this two-word stamp of approval on one’s self-ordained values shows a respect for the individual that is completely consistent with the American emphasis on freedom and rights.

These two words are aligned with those in William Ernest Henley’s poem Invictus, which states, “I am the master of my ship; I am the captain of my soul.” The poem is such a classic that Timothy McVeigh handed a paper with that poem on it to the warden before he received a lethal injection for murdering 167 people in the Oklahoma City bombing. Yet, the vision the poem presents and the similar vision presented by Oprah place too much emphasis on the power of individuals to create their........

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