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What has happened to the United States?

Barry Gritters·2018-01-15
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Barry Gritters offers a sobering reflection on the spiritual and moral decline of the United States, comparing contemporary American depravity to a self-inflicted national catastrophe. Drawing on Scripture and Christian faith, he expresses deep concern about the accelerating pace of sin and societal collapse, while grounding his perspective in God's sovereign providence and biblical eschatology. The article calls readers to maintain faith in God's purposes despite the apparent deterioration of the nation and Western civilization.

You might attribute my sentiments to the cynicism of an aging man, but the country I find myself in today is not the country in which I grew up in the 1950s and 60s. It has not changed for the better. There is such evil in our land that, without faith in God and knowledge of what Scripture prophesies, I would despair for my grandchildren's future. I know I must not be anxious, but I am still very concerned for them and what they will face in their lifetime. Like never before in the United...

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Author
Barry Gritters
Date

2018-01-15

Source
Standard Bearer
Scripture References
Jeremiah 7:28Daniel 9
Topics
ProvidenceChristian LivingEschatology
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