Letters From Our Readers

I hate to burst your bubble, but I read your last issue about marriage and decided to inform you how it is in the real world. Men these days do not want a traditional marriage relationship. Ninety-nine percent of young men state they would not tolerate "a lazy woman who stays at home and does not earn her keep by having a job outside the home."

My husband works on a job, and 99 percent of all the young men under 35 or so feel this way. In fact, many men who work with my husband have advised him to divorce me on these grounds alone. Space limits me from all the derogatory comments my husband’s coworkers have hurled at me because I choose to be a homemaker–and these guys do not even know me personally.

I agree with you that unwanted sex is a waste of time. I tried marriages, but they failed. The sex was good, but it couldn’t hold the marriages together. I didn’t have a man
to support me long-term financially. The only reason I stay in a business relationship is I am tired of being disappointed with men using me for sex and dumping me afterwards. I agree with your teaching young people the truth, but it’s hard to find a lifelong mate on the first try. Now we are really finding out what is
happening in our country, and it isn’t pretty.

The latest Good News is a marvelous, inspired creation! But there is one comment I would like to make. I was divorced from the man who introduced me to God’s truth in 1995. Every time I read of the devastating impact of divorce on children, part of me cries out that the impact of living with an uncaring, impersonal, negative and critical father can be far more damaging than living apart from him as a single parent dedicated to providing a positive, interactive relationship with the children.

God hates divorce, but don’t you think part of that is that He hates the personal sins that are so destructive to the family? The reality for myself and many others is that divorce was the recognition that the increasing damage the marriage relationship was causing demanded action that could enable some healing for myself and my
children. Divorce is wrong, but often the destruction prior to the divorce is far worse.

Such responses to our articles about marriage and sex show how difficult matters can become when a society largely jettisons God’s way of life. Sadly, sometimes even when sincere people commit to practicing the biblical principles a loving God has put in place for a happy marriage, our often uncaring and brutal society produces marriage partners who knowingly or unknowingly undermine the happiness that should come to those who follow God’s instructions.

This is in response to your article "Should You Believe All the News You Hear?" in the May-June issue. Thank you for your brave article. For me, "thought police," "media bias" and "filthy movies" sound like something that the free world has long battled, communism. I never believed that it died when the Berlin Wall came down. It just mutated into a new sophisticated, sugarcoated form, and the authors are the same: leftist intellectuals. Now it’s called "diversity," "political correctness," "tolerance" and "freedom of art and sex"–and all the while it is dividing and conquering us.

Your article "You Are Gods" (July-August 2002) stands out as being the clearest explanation yet for the thrilling truth of the human race. The scriptures you quoted are familiar to me, but the way you put them together etched it in my mind as even deeper proof. Thanks for being used by God! I thought you ought to know what an outstanding job of writing up that subject you did, and on only two pages.

I have been receiving your Good News magazine and would like to stop receiving it. I was very disappointed in your article "You Are Gods."

It’s human to make snap decisions when faced with new information. We have all done it at times. But we urge you to follow the example of the Bereans, who in Acts 17:11 are commended because they "searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." If there is an article with which you or any of our readers profoundly disagree, why not obtain more information before choosing to stop the subscription? Much more scriptural information supporting the points made in the article is available in our comprehensive booklet Who Is God?, mentioned in the following letter.

I just finished reading your excellent booklet Who Is God? I found it inspirational and helpful. I find your publications help me understand some of the deeper things of the Word of God that are often overlooked. I’m thankful that a friend introduced me to your work, and I do enjoy reading The Good News.

Even though I’m 13 years old, I have read every piece of material that you’ve sent me. Without your work and staff I wouldn’t know all the information I do. The way
I found out about your free program was in the grocery store looking at the order forms for other magazines, and I ran across yours.

My wife and I have found your magazine The Good News to be some of the most enlightening material available. I personally consider it a lifesaver. It brings the Bible to life. The reason I am writing is that we have decided to make your organization a part of our weekly tithe, and I would like you to send an address that would be the best one
to send our donation to every week. Please keep up the good work.

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