Dear editor:
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I believe with all of my heart that America's rapid decline and increasingly horrible troubles are absolutely the result of turning away from God and His ways! Our only hope is to sincerely turn back to Him and genuinely repent (turn away from) our many sins. God is the source of all blessings and we had better wake up and realize that before we are completely destroyed under God's judgment!
The following Christian letter by Jack Mayberry of Sheridan appeared in the Thursday, July 23, edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Entitled "America on its knees," I like it so much that I asked the Voices page editor Brenda Looper for permission to reprint it. Here is most of his letter:
"I believe the foundation of all laws is, or should be, the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus Christ because God is our creator and he has established right from wrong. No man has the authority to make lawful any act that is based upon sin against God, which sodomy very certainly is. 'Marriage' between those of the same gender is but one of the symptoms of the plague of sin that is bringing America to its knees under a federal administration that apparently supports sodomites and supports abortionists under the guise of women's rights to their own bodies.
"In spite of the threats to America by terrorist groups and aggressor nations, I believe our worst enemy is within our own borders. Sodomy, abortion, adultery; men and women living together as though married, yet not married, which is (the sin of) fornication; along with rampant drug and alcohol abuse, are the undoing of the American family, which is the foundation of society. As the family foundation, apart from God, crumbles, our nation collapses, and too many so-called churches are complicit because they fail to denounce the sins of their congregants.
"When ... women and girls always dressed decently in public and did not wear what appears to be little more than their underwear to pools and beaches; when whoremongers and liars were not idolized and their names were not attached to public thoroughfares, structures and facilities; and when American presidents loved America, our nation was brightly different. Barack Obama was correct when he said, 'We are no longer just a Christian nation, but a nation of many other faiths as well.' If we were 'just' a Christian nation, he would never have been elected. All of the preceding is my opinion and I stand by every word."
Amen, brother! I stand with you, too!
Pray daily for a great revival and a spiritual awakening!
Lloyd Hoffman
Hot Springs
Editorial on 07/27/2015