What Ails America?

The majority of Americans, as indicated in recent polls, believes our nation is headed in the wrong direction.  And with good reason.  Whether the issue is educational achievement, societal morality, financial stability, or integrity of leadership we are not what we once were.

To what do we attribute this obvious decline?  And what is the remedy?  This week, thanks to a tip from Gary DeMar at American Vision, I came across one of the finest expositions I’ve ever read of the American dilemma, its diagnosis, and the only cure.  The assessment is in the form of a study project from an unlikely source: the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA.

It was written in 1992 by then Lt. Col. R.L. VanAntwerp, who went on to become General VanAntwerp, serving with the U.S. Army as Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Titled, “The Greatest Threat . . . Spiritual Decay,”  you can download a copy of his paper here.

Hope for America is not ultimately to be found in politics, revolution, or self-renewal.  The only solution to the national malaise infecting our land on nearly every front is a return to the faith of our forefathers.

I commend to your thoughtful and prayerful consideration the discerning work of Gen. VanAntwerp.