Franklin Graham Warns of Moral Collapse, Calls America to Repentance at 250th Anniversary

At the Rededicate 250 event on Washington's National Mall, Rev. Franklin Graham declared America 'morally rotten' and called the nation to repentance, citing surging violence, LGBT ideology, and mass biblical illiteracy as signs of deepening spiritual decline. His direct quotation of 2 Timothy 3:1-5 — describing the 'last days' as marked by self-love, moral chaos, and a form of godliness without power — positions current American society as a striking fulfilment of end-times conditions described by the Apostle Paul. Scripture warns that this widespread godlessness is not incidental but prophetically anticipated: 'In the last days there will come times of difficulty' (2 Timothy 3:1), and that such apostasy precedes the Day of the Lord.