The United States’ demise: Lessons
Barry Gritters offers a Reformed perspective on American social decline, arguing that the nation's moral deterioration represents God's righteous judgment through the principle of reprobation outlined in Romans 1. The article calls Reformed believers to repentance and faithful Christian living in a secular society, providing theological reflection on how God's providence works through the consequences of societal sin.
The United States of America is in steep decline. She is so because of God's righteous judgment upon her. What she has so passionately wanted -- sin -- the righteous Judge of heaven and earth judges her with: sin and more sin. According to Romans 1, God "gives her over to a reprobate mind," so that she does "those things which are not convenient." "Not convenient" is "not suitable" or "not appropriate," somewhat of an understatement to point out that even common sense would not allow one to...
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