God’s Word is a stabilizer in our lives. Within its pages we find comfort, strength, and guidance for every situation in life. But if we choose to live without the Bible, we won’t have the assurance of God’s promises to help us through hard times. These are some of the most difficult days we have ever faced in our country. We’ve lost our oneness, stability, strength, and care for one another. Now our nation is suffering from uncertainty, uneasiness, conflict, and distrust. If ever we needed to rely on the Scripture, it’s today. Such times should lead us to cry out to God, asking Him for the wisdom, courage, and obedience to do what’s right. David was familiar with difficult situations, and through them all, he learned to trust the Lord. When he faced Goliath, his confidence was not in himself but in the faithfulness of his God. And when King Saul became jealous of David and tried on several occasions to kill him, David fled for his life, hiding out in the wilderness. Psalm 11 gives us a glimpse into David’s heart at a time when his world was falling apart. His main question is found in verse 3. “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” When everything is crumbling beneath us, we must remember … [Read more...]

By Ron F. Hale If the Obama administration flexed its legal muscle toward the Little Sisters of the Poor, it is not far-fetched to believe a Hillary Clinton administration would launch angrier attacks on America’s first freedom of religious liberty! With a history of serving the poor since 1839, one must ask: What kind of mind considers forcing a group of nuns to provide abortifacient drugs against their will, conscience, and religion? Seriously? The late 60s and early 70s in America saw the convergence of several cultural realities creating a tidal wave of social angst. The sexual revolution was happening just as America’s largest population group, the Baby Boomers, was coming of age. Coupled with that, a nightmarish vision of a worldwide “population bomb” setting off food shortages and global famine fed the idea of population control. As the women’s rights movement demanded abortion rights, some thought it was an idea come of age. During this social upheaval, even many Christians lost the biblical perspective that human life is sacred because we are His special creation. In dealing with America’s moral conundrum concerning abortion many continue to believe our Supreme Court committed judicial activism. The late … [Read more...]