From roughly 1960 until this hour there has been an erosion of our nation that is today threatening the survival of the country as a free nation. Over and over again we have waved the flag to signal the danger as we have trumpeted the truths of God. Some people have responded, but many Christians have slept right through it. If the sleeping multitudes cannot be soon stirred from their slumber, we will one day pass over the point of no return. When we check the politicians, th

Dr. Shelton Smith In an age such as our twenty-first century has been, the world has become a seething caldron of wickedness. The debauchery of our society has plunged headlong to record-setting low levels. Human behavior is so vile, so ugly, so depraved that one can hardly imagine it, much less believe it is actually happening! The holocaust of abortion, the degeneracy of homosexuality, the corruption of politics, the menace of liberalism—you can keep adding to the list and

Those Foundation Issues There are several companies here in the Nashville area that specialize in correcting and repairing “foundation issues” on your home. I hear their advertisements on talk radio where they warn about cracks in your walls, concrete that has settled, windows and doors that won’t open right, etc. They advise that “it is cheaper to fix it than it is to replace it.” Every time I hear one of the commercials, I think of several things the Bible tells us about “o

As we come to the nation’s birthday on July 4th, I want to suggest two things. (1) We should celebrate our freedom and (2) we should not forget how we got it. To the fifty-six brave men, including one preacher (John Witherspoon), who signed the Declaration of Independence, we owe a great debt. For the patriots like George Washington who went to war to secure our independence, we should be very thankful. For the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have put on the unifor