Hephzibah Baptist Association

October 2025

Missionary Moment

by Tim Batchelor

 

I have heard the report about You and I fear. O Lord, revive your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 

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Over the past 20 years and particularly over the past ten years we have seen a moral and spiritual darkness descend across our nation and the western world in general that we could not have imagined 30 or 40 years ago.   For years we have watched our communities suffer the impacts of drug and alcohol abuse along with domestic violence and the breakdown of the family.  Ten years ago this nation shook its first at God as it welcomed “gay marriage” as the law of the land. Since that time the same folks who insisted that two men or two women could marry have told us that boys can become girls and girls can become boys and in many cases communities and the law has agreed.  Who would have thought that we would find ourselves at such a low ebb as a culture that a significant percentage of children would become confused over their sex…but that’s where we find ourselves. In the meantime, marriage rates are at an all-time low as are birth rates.  Our society has lost its will to reproduce itself.  In the meantime, church attendance has declined sharply over the past 20 years as has those who identify themselves as Christian. 

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