I realize my blog today may not be appreciated or accepted by some, but it is my view.  If you disagree, you disagree.  I will not call you names or seek to vilify you for that position.  I hope that you will hear my questions and convictions with civility.

I saw a disturbing report from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. That study projected that approximately 104 million people of faith, including 32 million who self-identify as Christians and who regularly attend church, may abstain from voting in this election.

My immediate question was, “Why?”  Why would so many Christians or people of faith not be involved in the selection of the next president of the United States?  Why would so many put the decision of the type of governmental representation we would have in the hands of others, many who are non-believers and have a vastly different ideological view?  Why?  That is a perplexing question for me, a fellow believer.

I understand that the politician’s and political activists’ incessant diatribes and rhetoric can be difficult to stomach. The nastiness of politics is often anything but Christian, frequently quite uncivil, and leaves one feeling they need a shower after listening. I understand the dirtiness of the political process. I do, but I also realize what is at stake and how it affects voters and non-voters.

I have had Christians, including preachers, tell me that they do not do politics, and they leave that to the politicians.  My standard response is, “That’s what got us in this mess.”  Tragically, the misunderstanding of the original meaning of ‘Separation of Church and State’ has been instrumental in this attitude.  Also, the belief that if believers are involved in politics, they somehow secularize the gospel, and the desire to be faithful to Christ precludes any involvement in the political process. 

If a believer believes that they should not participate, I will not denigrate them for that view. However, I will ask that they consider what is at stake and how their decision affects others, including their children and grandchildren. 

In America’s quest to become independent from England, the clergy was generally deeply involved and influential in the decisions made.   In the subsequent years, pastors would preach ‘election day sermons’ in which they detailed the issues and even suggested how the congregants voted.   They contrasted the positions of the parties and candidates to biblical precepts, principles, and standards and voted accordingly.  We should, too.

If we do not participate in the process, we surrender our privilege and responsibility to choose the nation’s direction.  If the nation elects leaders and officials who hold anti-biblical views, that nation will not enjoy the blessings of God.  If a country chooses leaders who espouse policies and agendas that are in harmony with God’s word, that nation will have the propitious smile of heaven.

Christians are to be ‘salt and light’ in a dark world.  I question if that is possible if we remain in the background with no voice regarding the type of government we live under.  Yes, we are citizens of another world, but we live in this one.  When millions of unborn babies are being aborted, young children subjected to gender transition treatments, the family unit of father and mother relegated to unimportance, and freedom of speech and religion being diminished, how can a believer not be involved at least in casting a ballot?

I hold the view that if a believer or anyone who opposes the views of the Leftists withholds their vote, they are voting via absentia for what they oppose.  Had they voted for the candidate or party that took a stance more closely aligned with their view, they could have possibly provided the needed majority to reject those agendas.  Withholding their vote allows that side a better opportunity to prevail.   Therefore, in reality the non-vote becomes a vote in the negative. 

I believe that as a believer, it is my responsibility to voice my desire, which hopefully is God’s desire, by my vote.  If I did not vote, I would feel that I have neglected my responsibility to provide my family with the desired sanctuary to live, thrive, and survive.  If I fail to participate and the nation becomes something other than the Free Constitutional Republic established, how much responsibility do I have for that condition? 

I am not saying that if you do not vote, your name will be blotted out of God’s Book of Life.  No, I am saying that we are to be good stewards of the Blessings of God.   Our government is supposed to be a government of the people, for the people, and by the people; therefore, as a good steward, I have a responsibility to help determine the nation’s direction politically.

I voted for the party and candidate with a history of and expressed views that give the best hope of protecting our religious liberties and freedoms.  I voted against the party and candidate that seeks agendas and pursues ideologies that I consider anathema to the Bible and my faith.   I voted for Donald J. Trump and the Republicans.  Not because they are without flaws but because the other side is more profoundly flawed and immoral.

God bless you, and God bless America!

I do not want to sound irrelevant, but the societally destructive idea that Religion and Politics should be kept separate will not die, so I must speak to it.  I speak from my Christian worldview and through my study of American history and the Founding Fathers.

I have told people, “You are not a cat; you do not have multiple lives; you have a life, and that life is the sum total of who you truly are.”  Yet, I continue to meet the idea, among Church attendees, that life is compartmentalized and separate.  I beg to differ!  What you truly are will be revealed in the total of your interactions.  Your work, social, religious, political, and family life combined define you. 

That being said, how do we totally divest ourselves of politics when politics impacts life, and life is what we live? Today’s extreme secularization is troubling. I do not ask nor desire that preachers make every sermon a political activism speech. That would be contrary to the purpose of the ministry. However, I expect preachers and church members to be engaged, aware, and even vocal about things contrary to moral sense and biblical standards. 

If we try to build an impenetrable wall between things political and things spiritual, we will open the door for those seeking to advance anti-biblical agendas to operate freely.  I believe that believers are expected to sound the alarm when danger is visible.  Often, politics embodies dangers that cannot be ignored.  Therefore, religion and politics cannot always be separated. 

There are two sides to the coin of religious involvement in government; it can go too far.   I am convinced that a major impetus in today’s societal norm, the demand that “Abortion is a Woman’s Personal Choice,” is the acceptance of homosexual marriages.  God did not create multiple genders but “male and female, created He them.” (Genesis 1:27).   There is nothing ambiguous about that.

My religious views are that abortion is the taking of a human life.  I believe there are instances where, biblically, there is justification for taking a human life.  The Bible speaks to them, punishment for premeditated murder being the chief, not abortion.  If you do not view that baby in the womb as a human being in development, you may well be able to endorse abortion; I cannot.

The founding fathers were diligent in their endeavor to prevent the government from imposing any religious beliefs on the public. They did not want a ‘State Church,’ as was the case in England. They wanted freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. They desired that each person have the right to worship or not worship as they desired.

Demanding that we keep religion and politics completely separate opens the door for edicts such as the one Kamala Harris has declared her administration would follow.  She said that there would be no religious exemptions to medical personnel regarding abortions.  That takes the matter a step further than ‘Separation of Church and State’ and imposes the States’ wishes on religion.   If you demand the church and religion stay out of politics, you must also insist that the state or politics stay out of our religious lives. 

The insistence that abortion should be legal until and, in some cases, even after birth is beyond diabolical.  How could anyone, even the most ardent supporters of abortion, not acknowledge that that fully developed child is a human being?  How is that not genocide?  How is that not infanticide?  How can that be deemed just and acceptable?  How can I remain silent when the lives of the unborn are being regarded as an unwanted growth on the body?  How?

She called it a ‘fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body.”  Madam, what about the fundamental freedom of that unborn to have the opportunity to live?   That baby in the womb is not part of the woman’s body; it is a separate life being hosted in the woman’s body.  That baby is not a kidney, a gall bladder, or some other organ; it is a Human Being!

With each incursion by the State to regulate our religious freedoms or other freedoms, we inch closer to the condition where the State defines life and decides where we live, work, and how we conduct life.  That is not freedom; that is tyranny and slavery.  I cannot sit in silence and watch our liberties and freedoms trampled on by the godless oligarchs of politics. 

I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, a Christian.  I am a natural-born American, a Vietnam Veteran, a patriot, a father, grandfather, husband, brother, and neighbor.  I want what is best for America, and infringing upon our Religious Freedom and demanding that Christians sit in silence regarding politics is dangerous and destructive.  Therefore, I will continue to sound the alarm as long as I draw breath and stand for Faith, Family, and Freedom. 

God bless you, and God bless America!

What I am going to say will possibly irritate some, maybe many.  However, I cannot refrain from offering my two cents based on my beliefs biblically, constitutionally, and personally.  If you find it objectionable, then hold tightly to your views.  You are welcome to voice your opinion, but if you respond here, I ask that you remain civil; otherwise, please refrain from commenting.

I consider a person’s Facebook page or any other social media medium equivalent to their home.  I would not come into your home and lash out vitriolically.  It is your home, and I respect that.  If I disagreed with your approach or lifestyle, I would extricate myself and move on.  I would not condone it, but I would not be abusive.

Now, I will discuss what I feel I must address.  I will address those identifying as ‘Christians’ in this, but it also applies to others.  The reason I feel the need to address this issue is that reports are that there are supposedly ninety million Christians in America, and approximately fifty-five million either do not vote or are not registered to vote.  I consider that a tragedy.

In my 70-plus years on the planet and over 50 years in the ministry, I have concluded that many people “Like to Gripe but Don’t want to do what is necessary to fix the problem.”   They don’t want to get their hands dirty with the difficulty of dealing with hard, complex, and controversial issues. They just ‘Gripe,’ blaming everything and everyone but themselves.

If you do not vote, you have no right to complain.  Think about it before you heat up the oil to boil me and the feathers to cover me.  If you do not participate in the potential solution, how can you complain when nothing good transpires?  You had the opportunity to be a part of the decision but opted to take the easy road, abdicate personal responsibility, and let others decide.  After the fact, you become vocal, complaining about the situation. 

In my study of American history, I have noted that Christians and Churches were actively involved in the political process during the Revolutionary period and long after. Many pastors in those days preached what they called “Election Day Sermons,” advising their congregants of the issues and even suggesting how they should vote.

I am not ashamed to tell people how and why I will vote a particular way or for a specific candidate.  I attempt to deal with the issues, reflect on the track records, and consider the policies and the party platform.  I then vote for the candidate or party whose track record, agenda, and policies most closely align with my biblical values.  Hopefully, my values are biblical, not personal preference and bias.

If those of us who are Christians or profess to be do not become involved and, at a minimum, vote, how can we consider ourselves obedient to the faith?  The Bible nowhere teaches a live-and-let-live attitude that condones or accepts everything.  The Bible calls us to come out from among the world and be separate.  We are not to be isolated hermits but committed to the principles and precepts of the Bible.  Our lives and our votes should correspond with the tenets of the Bible.

Before you explode and argue that if I vote for a person with a flawed character, I cannot be following biblical precepts, remember that God frequently used ‘flawed people’ to do some incredible and good things. Since none of us are perfect, let him, who is without sin, cast the first stone. Otherwise, move past the personalities to the policies and evaluate how those policies align with or contradict the Bible.

I read a quote that resonated with me, “No nation will thrive because of the righteousness of a leader but will thrive because of the righteousness of the policies promoted by that leader.”  I contend that if we vote for personalities rather than policies, we err and endanger the Republic. I suggest that many things considered secular have a biblical foundation and importance. 

We need judges who honor justice, integrity, morality, and the Constitution and value human life.  Without borders, there is no nation, and we endanger the legal citizens.  I stand with Israel because God does.  I believe in marriage between one man and one woman because God does.  I believe in religious liberty, espoused in the Bible and the First Amendment.  I believe in the family because God places heavy emphasis on the family and parental responsibility in developing and training the children.  I believe in the value of human life because God does.

When I hear people like Hakeem Jefferies issue a text or statement immediately after the second attempt on Donald Trump that “We must stop the MAGA.” I cringe, but he and we know that kind of rhetoric promotes more of the same thing as the two would-be assassins.  Then Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump was a danger to America and the world; I cringed knowing that incendiary rhetoric laced with hate, paranoia, and fear has only one logical result.

So, if you ‘Like to Gripe’ but are unwilling to be involved in solving the problem or voting, I ask, “Could that be part of the problem.”  Could your unwillingness to vote be a backdoor vote for everything currently wrong?  I believe that our personal preferences regarding personality must become subordinate to what is Constitutionally, morally, and biblically correct. 

I ask that you evaluate (honestly) this year’s presidential and compare the past four years with the previous four, and if you can honestly say that your economic situation, your freedoms, and life are better now than under the previous administration, then vote accordingly.  Most of us cannot say that.  I do not want hype; I want action.  Therefore, based on my reflection on the two administrations in question, my biblical view, and my desire to preserve the Republic, I will vote No on Kamala Harris and Yes on Donald Trump.  Not because I think the GOP is without fault, but the Left is far worse, in my view.

Please pray, examine the facts, not the rhetoric, and vote!   If I refuse to be involved in a matter, I offer no opinion on that matter.  Some have asked me, “What are you hearing in your spirit about this election?”  The same thing I heard in 2020, “It’s up to you!”    The “you” in that equation are all of us who believe in God.  If we pray and vote, we can have God’s desire.  If we do not, then evil will prevail.  The ball is in our court!

God bless you, and God bless America! 

I have thought a lot about my title question.   What is it that the Leftist, Globalist, Marxist, Socialist, and WOKE advocates that make up the Democratic Party are truly afraid of if they lose?  What is their primary concern if the Left is no longer calling the shots in the American Government?  Do you have an answer?  I have an opinion that I would like to share.

I believe that one of the significant reasons the Democrats and liberal, left-leaning, RINO Republicans hate Donald Trump so much is “Fear of Exposure.”  I can hear someone say, “It can’t be that simple.”  Maybe not, but that is one of the primary reasons they hate him and are hell-bent on keeping him out of the White House.  I believe they will do whatever they deem necessary, including another assassination attempt to achieve that goal.

The Democrats, the MSM, and the nominee of the Left insist that Donald John Trump is the greatest threat to our democracy.  I will not delve into the fact that America is not a direct democracy but a Representative Republic.  It is a pet peeve for me and an irritant when people talk about “our democracy.”   It screams their lack of understanding of our system of Government.  But that is another topic for another time.

A current great threat to America’s existence as a Constitutional Republic is Kamala Harris and her agenda.  I’m quite sure it is not hers, as in she devised it, but hers in that she is the presumptive leader of the party now. 

Her policies, as announced, neuter our Constitution, disregard its provisions, and will effectively transform the Republic into a despotic authoritarian tyranny.  The likes of people like former Vice President Dick Cheney suddenly morphed from being viewed as a despised ‘war criminal’ to the Left’s best friend when he denounced Trump and threw his support behind Harris.  The scorn of his daughter and his true stripes have sent him over the edge to the enemy’s camp.   He said, “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”   Mr. Cheney, you are not only misguided, but you are also delusional and wrong!

Several things are a paramount threat to our Republic and system of Government, and Trump is not the problem, but Harris and the Left are.

What About Freedom of Speech—the First Amendment?   If you do even cursory research, you will quickly discover that since Trump’s surprising victory in 2016, the media and various arms of the federal Government have launched a massive censorship campaign to silence speech they do not like.  Trump opposed and opposes that effort; Harris did and does not! 

Kamala Harris’ record indicates she is the enemy of that most fundamental right— “Free Speech.”  During her failed primary run in 2019, she pressured the then-CEO of Twitter to de-platform Donald Trump.  She attempted to justify her actions weakly, but they did not pass the smell test.

What about the Supreme Court?    The Biden-Harris administration and the Left want to render the court meaningless.  They have floated trial balloons such as packing the court and ignoring the court and will intensify those efforts if she wins.  She wants term limits and told the New York Times that she was ‘absolutely open’ to packing the court.

What about our National Sovereignty and Border Security?  Harris and the Left want “No Border,” and Trump wants a “secure border.”   We have a plethora of documentation of the dangers of allowing the border to become nothing more than an unmanaged sieve or pipeline of illegals.  It is clear that one of their reasons is votes, but an equally dangerous motive is the destruction of the Republic. 

The influx of criminals, mentally insane, terrorists, diseased, and other dangers make it clear that the border must be protected if we are to remain a sovereign nation.  The sleeper cells in existence and the unchecked and unhampered flow of potential weapons and warriors are a direct threat to our Republic.

We could discuss the myriad other things she supports and envisions for America that are diametrically opposed to biblical morality, fiscal sanity, national security, and constitutional protection. I do not see how a person can be a follower of Jesus Christ, a believer in the precepts of the Bible, and vote for the Left at this juncture. That will get me kicked to the curb, but when a party opposes what God clearly opposes and supports what is anathema to the Bible, how can we support them?

I believe everyone has the God-given and constitutional right to have an opinion and express it peacefully, even if it is forceful in tone.  If I disagree, I can choose to debate them, or if I prefer, I can walk away and let them have their time on the stump ranting and lamenting.   The ability to voice differing opinions was one of the things that made America the Great Nation it has been. 

Please pay attention to the records, not just the rhetoric. In this election, please remove personality and personal bias from the equation and vote for what is biblically, morally, and constitutionally right. America is facing an exceedingly difficult time, and only God can help us return to civility and sanity.

God bless you, and God bless America!

I read an article recently that said, “Kamala is good for nothing.”  The author listed three specific areas where she fit that bill or billing.  Her political career is littered with failure after failure, wrong decision after wrong decision, and she has been rewarded with a higher position on the political ladder each time.  That reward is beyond ridiculous, but a reality that is a mystery.

Kamala Harris’ political record is a paradox of failures.  When a respected Black journalist could assert that she had ‘failed up the career ladder,’ it’s hard not to be baffled. Craig J. DeLuz’s statement in the Washington Times is a stark reminder of this paradox. He said, “An elected official with a track record of failure spanning her entire political career has consistently been rewarded with promotions by the left-leaning voters.” 

Kamala Harris, considered the most left-leaning member of the Senate, has achieved remarkably little. Yet, she was catapulted to the Vice Presidency despite her lack of significant accomplishments. This raises a crucial question: do people even care about records and results, or is it all about identity and ideology?

To say she is ‘good for nothing’ might be inaccurate in one respect.  She is obviously good for those voters who want a freebie and are unwilling to work or strive for success.  Those who have adopted the mentality of “let the government take care of me” probably find her very appealing.  Hey, you never bite the hand that feeds you, so you vote and vote for them repeatedly.  Keep the gravy train running!

She is especially good for the myriads of illegals flooding across our southern border. Her giveaways and protection of them must make her very desirable, and they will vote for her. Wait? They cannot vote, right? I am not a betting man, but I ask, “Want to bet?”  Her giveaways can only further damage our economy and increase our nation’s debt, but what is a few trillion among friends, right?

Someone said, “Kamala Harris is a blank slate, a tabula rasa upon which the leftist intelligentsia will scribble hogwash.”  Even Bernie Sanders, the avowed Socialist and Constitution hater of the Left, said, “Harris does not have the courage of her convictions, but will say and do anything to become the first female president.”   Does that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?  It troubles me to the core of my being.

She offers ‘word salads’ without specifics or a real plan to salvage the economy.  She desires to earn votes with taxpayer dollars through her entitlements and giveaways.  She is a threat to our Republic, and her Marxist views are incredibly dangerous to our Freedom.

The idiom that should be noted is “nature abhors a vacuum.”  World leaders such as Putin and Xi are extreme opportunists who desire and are pursuing a “New World Order.”  They envision themselves as the head of that order but are willing to join forces to destroy all resistance.

With a continuation of Biden’s ineptitude, reflecting military weakness and a lack of resolve, the world was more unsafe under Biden and would only get worse under Harris. Trump said he would prevent WWIII, and he might be right. With Harris at the helm, the likelihood of conflict is almost certain. The opportunists who have no fear of America would seize the moment to advance their agendas.

America, we have a profoundly serious decision to make in November, just days away. What we decide will not only impact us now but will also impact future generations and shape the future of America or its demise. I am not saying that if Harris is in the White House, America will cease to exist, but I am saying that her policies will push us to the brink and could push us over the edge.

I cannot vote for a party that advocates virtually everything I consider morally unacceptable.  I cannot vote for a party that advances policies that are in direct conflict with the Bible.  I cannot vote for a party that devalues the life in the womb to the point that they consider it acceptable to snuff out that life even after a botched abortion.  I will vote for Freedom, and that means I will vote NO on Harris and the Democrats!

God bless you, and God bless America!

What is the ‘it’ that I ask to be explained?   Before I answer that question, let me elaborate on a few things, and you will know exactly what I am referring to before I answer the question.

Hate and prejudicial bias are prevalent in America today, and I am not speaking solely of racism.  I am painting with a very broad and expansive brush in that statement.  Hate has permeated virtually every segment of our society and has become a political and legal weapon.  There is no apparent desire by those in the media or politics to fix the problem; it is too useful for their agendas.

I read a poll that indicated that Americans prefer Donald J. Trump over Kamala Harris on every major economic issue.  I did not say some or most, but ‘Every’ major economic issue.  That is very interesting and is part of my title question.

Let me offer a few examples from the polling data, and then we will get to the question:

• Among registered voters, Donald Trump is listed as being fifteen points ahead of Harris on the ability to manage the Stock Market.
• He has a 9-point advantage over her in improving America’s financial well-being and the broader U.S. Economy.
• He is up by seven points on handling the job market.
• He is ahead by six points on managing the cost-of-living crisis, an issue that most respondents said should be the next president’s top priority.

The Biben-Harris administration oversaw the shuddering of many industries, and we are being hammered by higher costs on virtually everything since they took office.  If you actually go to the gas station or grocery store or have to purchase building materials, etc.  You realize that no matter the spin on the economy – Inflation is out of control. 

We are not better off than we were four years ago.  In our personal finances, virtually all of us are in much worse shape than before.  Ronald Reagan’s question when debating Jimmy Carter is relevant today, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”   My answer is, it is not even close – NO, I AM NOT!

Kamala Harris went on The View (Democratic Cheerleaders Show) and admitted that she could not think of one decision Biden made that she would change.  So, much for fixing what is wrong, she wants more of the same, and that is bad news for all working-class Americans who pay taxes. 

She was asked, “Would you have done anything different than President Biden during the past four years?”  That is a valid question for a presidential candidate who insists that on day one, she will fix the problems. How can you fix a broken system if you intend to continue the same policies that broke it? 

Her response is revealing and cause for genuine concern.  She said, “There is not a thing that comes to mind.  And I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”  Wait?  What?  You have been a part of the decisions, but I thought you said…   I won’t go into that, but her words are her words; she was a part of the decision-making that has crippled our economy.

She then touted a fictitious statistic that claims to have created 800,000 new jobs around manufacturing.  She claims their administration has created over sixteen million new jobs and over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs.  She also claimed that Black unemployment is the lowest in generations.  That needs to be examined a bit more closely.

The Black unemployment rate, reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 4.8% in April 2023, but as of August 2024, it has climbed to 6.1%, exactly where it was in February 2020 under Donald Trump.  So, much for that claim.  It is bogus, and she knows it.  But alas, those who drink at the trough of spin will drink it like swill and repeat it.

The manufacturing jobs are a bit skewed and somewhat less than they claim.  However, a historical fact is that the U.S. economy has had thirteen recessions in the past eighty years.  Forty-five months after nine of those recessions began, manufacturing jobs remained below their initial levels, and in the remaining four, manufacturing jobs exceeded their initial levels. 

Trying to hold Trump accountable for the loss of jobs is misleading because most were lost due to the global pandemic and the international decisions made.  Most of the jobs they claim to have created are simply factories ‘re-filling’ jobs previously created under Trump’s watch.  It is not creating new jobs but restoring the lost ones.  But spin is spin, and it is powerful.

Now, to conclude with my question in full.  “If most American voters support Trump more on economic issues than Harris, how is this race even close?”   If, on national security, more trust Trump than Harris, the same question applies.  What is the answer?  I believe it can only be attributed to one thing – Hatred for Donald Trump.  But I believe it goes deeper than that, and it is a misguided view of Republicanism and laden with Entitlementism. 

It seems that many do not care about what is best for America and others; they only care about what they want and how they see things.  If we are voting based on moral character, past, present, or projected, and make it about Trump but exclude Harris, we are misguided and not being honest.  That makes it preference, not facts, agendas, policies, or governance track record, and that is bad news for America.

I only ask that you carefully consider what is at stake and look at four to eight years ago as compared to the past four years.  I ask you to consider our Rights and Freedoms and ask yourself, “How much are you willing to cede to the government to get what you want?”  I want the Constitution to be the Governing Guide for our Republic.  I want the rule of law to be equally and fairly enforced and not used as a political weapon.  I want Freedom, not Tyranny.

God bless you, and God bless America!

I will address the political by addressing the spiritual in America today.  I am not speaking to the other nations of the world or the churches in those nations but to America, Americans, and the American church. 

I have sensed for a long time that trouble is coming to this nation that will completely alter it in the eyes of the world and of those within its borders.  I am not trying to bring a message of fear but one of hope.  I see a parallel between current conditions in America and Israel in Jeremiah’s day. 

I realize that I am opening myself up to severe criticism and may shift how some view me, but I cannot let that concern dissuade me from speaking what I believe I am hearing in my heart. I love America, I love the church, I love God’s people, and I believe there is hope. At the same time, I know that no nation is so important that it is beyond God’s chastisement or judgment.

If a nation becomes so self-important in its mind that it believes it is exempt from God’s correction when evil is prevalent, it lives in the throes of deception and is a prime candidate for major upheaval.  By the same token, I believe the warning, urging, and plea of 2 Chronicles 7:14 that if believers humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face, repent, and return to following God’s precepts, He will respond positively.

I can allow a false sense of security to prevail and believe that no matter what, America will come out on the other side of any difficulty intact and unscathed.  That did not happen to Israel and will not occur to an America that ignores God’s precepts and principles.  If we ignore God’s declared laws or precepts, we will incur God’s chastisement, if not His judgment.  Are we there?  I believe we are on the precipice.

In pre-Babylonian Israel, in Jeremiah’s day, the spiritual leaders believed that God loved Jerusalem too much to allow it to fall into the hands of an enemy.  They were wrong!  They believed they were too important to God’s plan for judgment.  They were wrong!  In the American church today, some are proclaiming that America is too important economically, spiritually, and socially for God to allow her to be subdued.  Without fear of being wrong, I declare that no Nation is too Important or that Important!

God will not wink at sin, and when a nation enacts laws that directly violate God’s biblical and moral precepts, that nation endangers itself. God may not judge us as much as He withdraws His hand of protection and allows us to suffer the consequences of our decisions to violate His precepts. 

I predicted to a congregation over 45 years ago that I saw a time coming in America when God’s people would be forced to trust God for EVERYTHING!   The food on our table, the shelter over our heads, the clothes on our backs, and our very livelihoods would come directly from God through faith.  Our medical care would be, once again, divine.  Our protection would, once again, be divine.  Our very existence would be similar to that of Elijah during the 3 ½ years of drought in Israel.

When a political party embraces ideological views anathema to the Scripture, it pits itself against freedom and against God.  When the most defenseless among us are unprotected, and we deem it a woman’s right to kill that baby in the womb for whatever reason, we have adopted a position that makes the rights of the individual an idol and a virtual god.

Only God has the right to determine when a life ends.  We talk about a woman’s right to her body; what about that unborn baby’s right to its body?  Who is protecting the unborn?  I hear the argument about incest and rape as justifications for abortion.   When did two wrongs make a right?  Was that unborn baby the guilty party in either of those situations? 

I hear about physical conditions as justification to abort the baby.  Was that unborn baby the cause of that condition? I suggest that, as with the man born blind that Jesus healed, the disciples asked, “Who Sinned to cause this?”  Jesus said, “Not the individual or the parents, but it was an opportunity for God’s incredible grace, mercy, and power to be demonstrated.”  

I have heard of abortions being demanded because the child was of the wrong gender or that it interfered with the planned career of the mother.  How is that the unborn baby’s fault?  When did our preference and convenience become paramount? 

I believe that much of the problem in today’s world stems from a complacent church that has adopted a false sense of security.  I am concerned that we do not fear the Living God and are callous in our response to His precepts and commandments.  

America has been a beacon of hope for generations and can be again.  America has been the catalyst for sending the gospel worldwide and can be again.  America has been a system of government where people could pursue Life, Liberty, and Happiness and can be again.  We have a choice in November, and we dare not let complacency or personal preference guide us; we must let God’s Word!

If there were no other issue, abortion would be enough to sway me in my vote.  The lunacy that is embraced today by one party regarding a plethora of things all in direct conflict with the Bible leaves me no option but to vote No on their candidates!   

You vote as you believe. Before you vote, you honestly go before God and ask for His preference.  I ask you to honestly consider the policies and platforms and square them with the Word of God.  If you do that, I believe you will vote according to God’s desire.

God bless you, and God bless America!