The path to success is not as simple as it may seem. Critics argue we often overlook systemic inequalities, suggesting that not everyone has equal access to the same opportunities or resources. So why does the American Dream have such a powerful hold on us? The answer might lie in its origins, where it was an invisible force that guided and influenced societies for centuries.

Few voices have warned more urgently about America’s decay than pastor-teacher John MacArthur. Drawing from Romans 1 in sermons like “When God Abandons a Nation,” MacArthur argues that the country is already experiencing what he calls the “wrath of abandonment.” According to him, God's judgment doesn’t always arrive with thunderbolts—it often comes quietly, by allowing society to run headlong into the consequences of a reprobate mindset.