Wright is Wrong

Revelations concerning the preaching of Rev. Wright have hit the airways recently; his message exhibits a recurring theme, petitioning God to curse America. Repeatedly his message condemns the country that shelters him, gave him an education, and provides him an environment to preach his anti-American, pro-Marxist theme of hate, rebellion and racial prejudice all the while providing him a 6 to 7 figure income to promote his bile.

His major thesis is that God has cursed this country and requests God to damn our country. I would like to share a few thoughts from this humble preacher whose message is not propped up by even a 6 figure income.

God has blessed this country from its very inception. History is replete with evidence of God’s providential hand in blessing the founding fathers and their efforts to colonize and organize a place where individual freedoms are protected, worship of the Creator and the invitation of grace and salvation of the Savior are considered divine rights of human endeavor, opportunity to achieve is an evolving process where people from all backgrounds have been and are constantly invited to participate in the great historical sociological and economic experiment.

I would like to address several areas where I see God’s provisions applied to our society.

Historical evidence abounds as even though Europeans obviously had access to the shores of the America before Columbus’ journey in 1492. Phoenicians from the time of Christ, Viking explorers and fishermen during the dark ages, and who knows how many others that evidence remains to be discovered. But why was Columbus’ journey the first to open the floodgates to this new world? Why was the discovery being made at the time when freedom of religion was being birthed? The Guttenberg Press had made the Bible accessible to the homes and languages of the world. Though the technology for a printing press was available to the Chinese for centuries, the Guttenberg press was used to print many religious booklets and Bible translation which had been previously forbidden. These people of faith made amazing sacrifices to establish new homes, new hope, and new opportunities in the New World where worship before God would be exempt from the persecutions that were initiated long before.

This new experiment in democracy received Divine approval as the colonies fought for independence against England. How could these 13 colonies hope to organize, defend themselves and defeat the most powerful nation in the world at that time? God’s blessing and England’s war against India paved the way to a war of Independence. Diverting many troops and resources, America was able to defeat a better armed, more experienced and superior financed enemy. Even the assistance from France, which had been long promised, providentially showed up on the Atlantic coast at just the time Cornwallis was experiencing a retreat that could not be completed due to the harbor being filled with French warships. Could this experiment in democracy succeed? Perhaps you could explain the major rallying attack in the Revolutionary War where during that cold and wintry December night George Washington was able to surprise the British troops and German mercenaries in a skirmish that renewed hope for the struggling Continental Army. During the War of 1812 the British troops set fire to the nation’s capital. Suddenly a tornado arose and the resulting storm put out the fire as well as killing troops who started the fire! The D-Day invasion should have been a complete disaster. A storm during the landing caused inexperienced pilots to panic since they were afraid of running into each other during the heavy formation. Paratroopers were scattered across the Cotentin Peninsula not landing anywhere near their drop zones. The German army, trying to determine the Allied strategy, was unable to organize a defense so they just sat rather than mount a defensive counterstrike ensuring a beachhead which opened up the progression of Allied troops marching across France and into Germany.

Our fledgling country was not a mature nation. There were many growing pains that must be experienced; as well as social issues and problems that must be corrected. Expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific created as many problems as it solved as cultures clashes erased many cultures from Native American, Spanish, French, and German backgrounds. As new generations of immigrants arrived on the shores, new challenges and new prejudices evolved. But war became a great equalizer; uniting the different backgrounds into a common purpose. Individual battles were won when the hand of God held back weather fronts and allowed oftentimes inferior fighting forces to experience victories.

Mr. Wright, I challenge you to show me another nation where God has blessed its people so that a nerdy college dropout can become a multi-millionaire by turning a computer program into a software company named Microsoft. Where else can a spendthrift news paper delivery boy become a multi-millionaire by opening a discount store named Wal-Mart? ? Examine the financial fiasco of a portly, prosperity-deprived Missouri potato chip salesman in Kansas City. This young man was struggling from week to week. Constantly seeking new opportunities, he made his millions by hosting a nationwide radio audience of 20,000,000 people daily as the premier radio talk show host on his EIB Network.¹. Each year 32 to 64 young men, many of them raised by single parents and often coming from ghettos and/or gang-related backgrounds become instant millionaires as they are selected as first round draftees for the NBA and NFL. Where else can an adulterous religious leader receive a multi-million dollar home in a gated community provided by the labor, sacrifice and tax free contributions of his congregation while his sermons are filled with bile and disrespect for the blessings he has received?

Look, Mr. Wright, at a country where a tie salesman from Missouri could become President of the United States. Or how about a Texas schoolteacher become first the most powerful senator and then president of the U. S. who signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Where can the son of fruit farmers rise out of his poverty to serve as President of the United States being re-elected in the largest landslide ever before resigning as and later rehabilitating his reputation before his death? How about a peanut farmer from Georgia rise to governor of his state and be elected President and preside over a historic peace accord in the Middle East? What about a President who started out as a B movie actor whose most well known role was as a co-star to a chimpanzee? This chimpanzee’s co-star led a watermark event in world history that changed the political face of the world as the communist USSR collapsed without a shot. Let me ask you about a trailer park Lothario who became not only president but eventually a multi-millionaire. Mr. Wright where else could a man whose Kenyan father leave behind his ex-wife and son where that son could become the first truly viable African-American candidate to the office of President of the United States (that is, of course, unless his acquaintances destroy the credibility of his candidacy)? What other nation has been so blessed by God that these seemingly unqualified backgrounds could lead to such high political office?

Certainly Mr. Wright there are disparities in this country like there are in all other countries. These disparities are part of growing pains as societies, cultures and customs come under the microscope of societal evolution. But this societal change takes place in this God blessed country of America. Where else do you find a country such as ours where thousands of legal and illegal immigrants are willing to do whatever it takes to get in and work for a fresh start in life? When conjoined twins from Egypt need surgery to survive, they come to America for medical assistance. Our colleges and universities welcome countless foreign students desiring our education. Our armed forces train their soldiers and pilots how to serve. The destitute receive charity assistance to feed the deserted and outcasts of all other countries around the world. African nations receive more financial and medical assistance from America to combat AIDS than from all other countries in the world combined!

Our news stories report tragedies across the world. A 4.7 earthquake in Micronesia kills thousand and leaves countless homeless, while a 7.1 earthquake in San Francisco results in the deaths of less than 70. By the way, the hand of God allowed this devastating earthquake to occur while a world series ball game was scheduled to begin caused a normally crowded rush hour freeway that collapsed resulting instead of the death of thousands to only 42! 2752 die in the Twin Towers of the WTC during a terrorist attack that could have resulted in the deaths of between 30,000 to 40,000 people. Tragedies do happen in this country. America is not exempt, but God continues to bless America with the volunteer spirit of community, friendship caring and sacrifice wherever and whenever tragedy occurs.

We still are the only country to send men to the moon. We create more new millionaires than any other country in the world. We send countless numbers of young people to colleges, universities and technical schools in order to train, educate and prepare new generations to prosper in a technologically changing world.

Mr. Wright, our country not only assists Israel to care for its defense, we also discovered the oil, dug the oil, built the refineries and by the way, enriched the Arab world while doing so. We have helped take China into the 21^st century where their factories are equipped to produce the many goods sold in America. We provided funds and technology to Vietnam. We built the economy of WWII Europe and helped rebuild, restore and refinance the war devastated economies of our then defeated enemies in Japan and Germany. Our staggering foreign aid goes throughout the world. We build water wells in Africa. We provide power plants throughout Southeast Asia. We send food to famine struck countries whenever crisis occurs. We even hire out of work actors from Canada to become major TV and motion pictures stars.

But yes, Mr. Wright it could be possible for God to curse our beneficent land. Take your lesson from your predecessor Balaam (Revelation 2:14). Who was asked by the king of Moab to curse God’s people Israel as they journeyed to Canaan. This false prophet abused God’s people by advising the enemies of God how to make God curse his people by infiltrating the populace with idol worshippers, those who promoted an immoral and homosexual lifestyle and instilling within the people a disrespect for life by killing infants and children on the altar of a selfish, lascivious, ignorant, idolatrous religious practices. If enough false teachers/prophets of doom like Balaam and you, Mr. Wright are able to sound the call to forsake and despise a God-blessed culture, tradition and morality while embracing a culture of Marxist, humanistic godlessness and rebellion; well then God will damn our country. But if and when that happens, God always raises a new people who will embrace his word, keep his moral and ethical codes, walk by faith, exhibit a loving and benevolent spirit and spread the gospel of truth, integrity, salvation and freedom elsewhere. God’s blessing will never return void and prophets of rebellion, who promote an unthankful spirit and disrespectful attitude will always feel the sting of rejection from God’s people.

So Mr. Wright, I will offer my prayers to the God on High that He will reject your prayer of hate, prejudice and defeat all the while continuing to God Bless America. Amen!

1.The Rush Limbaugh Story: Talent On Loan from God-The Unauthorized Biography written by Paul D. Colford. The book was published in 1993 by St. Martin’s Press