Through the Dobson Policy & Culture Center, we focus on issues related to righteousness in the culture, such as the sanctity of human life, the God-ordained institution of marriage, parental rights, freedom of religion, and other liberties guaranteed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Here’s what happened. The dispute has involved Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. That law was intended to protect women and girls from discrimination in education. Experts have said the law has been incredibly effective for over fifty years in expanding opportunities for females.
Now, McDonald’s joins a rushing tidal wave of companies repealing woke policies. Wal-Mart, Ford, Boeing, and many other major American corporations have canceled or altered their backing of “social justice.”
While it’s terrific to have an avalanche of good sermons, podcasts, and other Internet resources from godly teachers and preachers, no online voice can stand in for a true pastor. We all need a shepherd who knows us, loves us, and points us to God in a steady, stable, kind, convictional, and humble manner.
A significant exchange of words occurred a few days ago between First Lady Jill Biden and a young American child. Children were at the White House on the occasion of the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots campaign. Mrs. Biden greeted the children with a shout of “Happy Holidays!” One courageous child loudly responded, “Happy Christmas!”
Children need much attention, love, fun, discipleship, direction, kindness, forgiveness, and help—specifically from a dad and mom. God did not give youngsters an iPad; He gave them parents. The heavenly Father did not sign kids up to learn life from TikTok; He assigned fathers and mothers as teachers and protectors (Genesis 2:24-25; Proverbs 22:6).
JDFI made a substantial commitment this year to help ensure Christians had the information they needed on each of these issues so they could be discerning, educated voters. We also wanted to increase the number of Christ-followers who voted. We have been deeply troubled that Christian involvement in elections has lagged behind the participation rates of other demographic groups.
Many Christians felt (understandably) as if they had lost the America they had always known. Fast forward to late 2024. The ground beneath our feet is shifting. Walmart’s woke rollback represents a stunning repudiation of the ideology. After all, the vendor is no mom-and-pop shop undertaking transformation; Walmart is the world’s largest retailer, renouncing its compromised policies.
We are about halfway through the transition period between the outgoing Biden-Harris administration and the incoming Trump-Vance team. Every day, President-elect Trump has been announcing appointments to key positions in his second administration. Those “personnel” will often determine policy.
Of course, we all know hardships and have days when giving thanks to God feels difficult. In the psalm quoted above, David praises the Lord’s lavish kindness. But he goes on to lament that “a band of ruthless men” (v. 14) hunts him to kill him. That’s not the group you invite to eat turkey with you on Thanksgiving Day!
Being thankful today is considered a radical act that is counter-cultural. In this video, Dr. Owen Strachan breaks down why gratitude is revolutionary and how it changes the way we see everything in the world.
Gary currently serves as senior vice president of Public Policy and Culture at JDFI, president of American Values, and chairman of Campaign for Working Families PAC. Previously, he served in the Reagan administration as Under Secretary of Education and Head of the Office of Policy Development. Gary became president of the Family Research Council, senior vice president of Focus on the Family, and was appointed by President Trump to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
