A Call to Action

Besides the looming presidential election, there are two key issues presently facing our country—both of which are issues in which you can make a difference.

Of course, the most important actions Bible-believing Christians can take are to pray and to witness. These are the direct commands God has given Christians who live in any country and in every era of history.

American Christians, however, live in a nation where we elect representative leadership. Our phone calls, emails, and letters reach our leaders. We have a voice. And I want to encourage you to use yours today in two ways:

Senate Vote on the Supreme Court Nominee

With the death of Justice Scalia, there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court. Before the president announced who he might nominate to fill this vacancy, Republicans in the Senate made it clear that they would not call a vote on any nominee President Obama might put forth.

The reason for this is simple: we’re months away from electing a new president, and these senators believed that the American people should have a choice in who will appoint the new Supreme Court justice. This seems especially true as Justice Scalia was an outspoken conservative on a court that is currently tilted with a liberal slant, and whomever President Obama would nominate would surely insure a liberal majority opinion.

President Obama, however, has nominated Justice Merrick B. Garland to serve and is pressing the Senate to undertake the process to vote to approve him. Conservative Americans (of both parties) see a Garland appointment as a Supreme Court that would indeed favor liberal rulings on moral issues.

While Senate Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be standing firm in his resolve to not bring this appointment up for a vote on the Senate floor, some Republican senators appear to be wavering.

I want to encourage you to do something that will take less than five minutes: call your Republican senators and encourage them to stand firm against any Obama nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

U.S. Republican Senators

North Carolina Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act

Across the country, Bible-hating activists are working to push legislation that forces Americans to support their views and lifestyles in ways that truly limit First Amendment freedoms. Under the name of “anti-discrimination” laws, activists have worked to write into law ordinances that require private business owners to support their views as well as to insist that insists transgender individuals should be allowed to use public restrooms that correlate with the sex which they identify, regardless of their biological sex. These kinds of laws are an incredible violation of safety, privacy, and liberty issues. The intolerance toward Christians who simply want to live according to their religious views continues to expand.

When the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, recently passed such a law, Governor Pat McCrory called a special session of the North Carolina assembly to craft and vote on legislation that would protect privacy and security in public facilities. This legislation, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, insures statewide compliance in protecting these concerns and passed with bi-partisan support.

In a string of defeats for similar legislation (including the bill Georgia Governor Nathan Deal announced he will veto under pressure from lobbyists), the courage of the North Carolina legislature is truly a breath of fresh air.

Would you consider taking a few moments to call Governor McCrory and the legislators in the North Carolina House and Senate to thank them for holding the line on such an important issue?

NC Assembly Members Who Voted Yes on House Bill 2

I love America, and I’m burdened to see it preserved as a nation that stands for liberty and justice for all. So I invite you to call elected leaders who can help in these matters. And most of all, I encourage you to pray, asking the Lord to send revival to our nation.

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