Welcome. My name is Ray W. Rowney, Jr., author of License to Steal. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my book.
I’m using this blog to expand on some of its topics using current day issues, in the hope that together we can stop the declining values in America.
Monthly Archives: March 2017
As disappointing as last week’s failure to attempt to fix the many shortcomings of Obamacare was, it will be even more discouraging if Congress chooses to simply “move on” rather than work even harder to address issues which affect or will affect millions of Americans. Encouraging and rewarding government dependency, rather than building character and individual responsibility, will bring an end to the America of our Founders, which enjoyed unprecedented success for its first 200 years. Sadly, human nature…..
Sadly, I believe too many churches and pastors today are masking the seriousness of America’s drifting from obedience to God. The very strength of God’s guidance is now used to avoid our individual and group responsibilities to share and promote His Word. “God will protect His people” has replaced “We the people must honor God and do His work.” Sitting in church on Sunday, with like-minded would-be Christians, is too often viewed as fulfilling our Christian duties. The Bible…..
Sadly, no matter how well intentioned, the current practice of giving “entitlements” to help others, rather than building character based on the Bible’s values, is creating a monster which will self-destruct. As the Bible wisely observes, “Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he becomes a man he will not depart from it.” Conversely, as today’s world continues to demonstrate, separate God from government and education and survival of the strong will lead to…..
Born just prior to WWII, I feel blessed to have experienced both the highs and the lows of our Nation’s development. From America’s greatest generation, who eagerly gave of life and limb that others the world over might experience our freedoms, to the 1960s when self-indulgence replaced God’s values, I watched the demise of the great American experiment in self-government. Sadly, as more humans believed they could vote to have others do the real work and pay the bills,…..