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What will the impact be on faith, family, and freedom, as well as our economy, if the popularity of socialism continues to grow during this important election year? Socialists are virtually guaranteed to become mayors of multiple major US cities because they won their primaries. They are also on course to win multiple House and Senate seats running as Democrats. This is a shocking development.
Way back in 1990, Dr. James Dobson and I wrote a book called, "Children At Risk: Winning the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Your Children." Generally speaking, people on the cultural and political left hated the book. Most Christians loved it. But even in the church there were critics who accused Dr. Dobson and me of being “alarmist” and unduly confrontational. They were wrong.
The November elections are now less than 100 days away. While this isn’t a presidential election year, these races are incredibly important nonetheless. All 435 members of the House of Representatives are on the ballot, along with 35 of the 100 senators, 36 governors, and more than 6,000 state legislators.
This report is one of the most urgent I have ever written. I believe we are in an emergency. We’re in one of the most dangerous moments since the Civil War. For the first time in American history, avowed Marxist and radical Islamists have formed an alliance that is gaining political power. The target is not just our government, but also our trust in God, in the God-ordained family, and in truth itself.
We do have one warning! Christians must not conclude that their work is done. The battle to save and preserve our country as “one nation under God” will continue to rage. We urge you to pray for the safety of President-elect Trump and his team. We also implore pastors and church leaders to boldly lead their flocks into the public square and stand firm for faith, family, and freedom.
Our countdown to the election is over, and the results are in. As you know, this tumultuous election year ended on November 5 with a resounding victory for the Trump-Vance ticket over Harris-Walz.
The final Electoral College count was 312 to 226, and Trump is now winning the popular vote by more than 3.2 million. No Republican president has accomplished this since 2004. In addition, he enjoys a clear majority in the US Senate and a likely narrow majority in the House of Representatives.
It is official: Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States. The answer to the prayers of many has come. As Ronald Reagan once said, “It’s morning again in America.” The days of our nation suffering the ravages of another leftist administration are now past. The Democratic platform was essentially everything God hates—championing unlimited abortion, open borders, and “gender-affirming care.” Whether our homeland as we know it would have survived the enactment of that agenda is questionable. But God appointed a different outcome. Once again, He has shown incredible kindness to us. America is not finished.
On today’s edition Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson stresses the importance of Christians casting their vote for the upcoming presidential election, not based on personality, but on biblical values. In addition, the Hon. Michele Bachmann, a former congresswoman and presidential candidate, urges Christians to be aware of the weight their vote has on this election. 2 Chronicles 7:14 declares, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and
I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
According to Christianity Today, the American presidential election does not represent a binary choice. So argued Robert Postic in a Christianity Today essay entitled, Voting Is Important to Me. That's Why, This Year, I Won't Vote. In his article, Postic cited Dr. James Dobson in support of his position. Because of the issues at stake, and because of Postic's use of Dr. Dobson's words without the full context of his longstanding view, we at JDFI feel compelled to set the record straight.
Now, in late 2024, let us heed God’s Word. Let us pray for a president who will honor God’s vision for government—a leader who will reward good and punish evil (Romans 13:1-7). Then, having prayed, let us exercise our rights and responsibilities as citizens: let us vote according to our conscience. Acting according to our conscience does not mean doing whatever we want. To the contrary, our conscience must be marinated in Scripture. We are not free moral agents. We are Christians—God’s people living under His rule, and our faith is holistically ordered to moral action.
