There are so many issues  requiring  a Biblical response from Christians in our country today. From the fairness doctrine, to hate speech, to the unraveling of progress in the fight against abortion, to the possible ratification of the UN Rights of the Child treaty, we are faced with momentous challenges and possible restriction of freedoms, if not downright persecution. However, our problems don't stem from bad policy, they are a result of a culture that has forgotton the God of the Bible.  A joyful Christian wife and mother can have a wide-reaching, future-influencing impact on our culture if we impart to our children the truths of the faith.

Like many, I am not happy with the current political develoments in my country. I don't like the direction in which we are headed.  The answer, however, is not in better conservative politics--although I am conservative as an outworking of my Christian beliefs. Conservative politics is not a substitute for an authentic, Biblical, Christian faith. I am concerned that perhaps we turn more to political answers  than to the source of real change, the Lord Jesus.  Do we perhaps spend more time venting and listening to talkradio than on our knees in our prayer closets?

We do not need to look for a political savior. We need to become more focused on the Living Resurrected Savior, Jesus Christ. Our radio dials need to be tuned in to Adrian Rogers, Chuck Swindoll, David Jeremiah, Ravi Zacharias,  Micheal Yusseff, Alistair Begg, and others who ably defend the faith and teach from Scripture.  Women's authors like Nancy Leigh deMoss, Martha Peace, and others can help mentor us in becoming counter-cultural agents of change!

As we deal with the topic of change, we must develop a total worldview consistent with Scripture. Too often we focus on individual issues  without  "connecting the dots" to see how the issues facing our culture are inter-related. They are not simply  the results from liberals gone amuk or one election cycle, but what happens when mankind tries to create his own perfection, apart from the clear and trustworthy teachings of Scripture. For so long, even we Christian women have ignored Biblical precepts in regards to marriage, parenting, role-reversal, and other topics.   But the good news is that we can rely on the Bible. If we can trust God for our eternal salvation, how much more can we trust him with the ordering of our day-to-day lives? 

Sadly, our culture has for the most part abandoned the Bible as our basis for determining right and wrong.  When we loose our moorings from God's word, perhaps the culture will "coast" for a while on the memory of Judeo-Christians traditions. But the longer we drift from God's word, the easier it is to substitute subjective "this is how I feel"s for the authoritative "Thus Saith the Lord"s of Scripture.  The pages of Proverbs teach, "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." [3:5]

Our family vision is to train our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord [Ephesians 6:4], to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ [2 Corinthians 10:5],  to be able to answer questions about our faith in a loving yet forthright and informed manner [1 Peter 3:15].  It is also to demonstrate the joy, blessing, and security from following a Biblical pattern of marriage.  My desire is to see my son become a Godly home leader like his wonderful father,  and my daughters trained up able to follow Titus 2:2-3 with joy and great faith in the Lord Jesus, impacting future generations of our family for Christ.

Too often, though, we as Christians are ill-equiped with sound Biblical answers to questions we face today.  Having been in that position, I've determined to teach my children as long as I have freedom to do so.  We must not bury our heads in the sand , ignoring the downward slide of  our culture or hoping it will change without our help. It is time to think about the following questions and the Christian response as we develop our worldview:

How real is the threat to our freedom of religion?

Is concern over humanistic indoctrination in our public schools blown out of proportion?

Are we moving to a collapse of Christianity in this country?  Are we post-Christian?

How can the church survive when 2/3rds of youth in church today will probably drop out of church?

Is there such a thing as absolute truth?  Is the Bible reliable?

Is Sunday School alone effective in discipling children?

Here are some good places to start answering those questions:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/events/state-of-the-nation

 www.christiananswers.net

www.thetruthproject.org