I was on a Zoom call yesterday where I was asked what are the three biggest problems facing us today. My first response was that as a whole those who say they are Christians do not live Christianly. Too many of us live in ignorance of what the Lord requires of us (Micah 6:8), or allow ourselves to be unduly influenced by the culture as to how we do life. The Christian ethos that has shaped our nation is no longer being lived out. Interestingly, later that day I met with the leader of a prominent Christian organization and asked this same question and his response was essentially the same!

On December 2nd the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin—a high stakes case involving a pro-life nonprofit and New Jersey’s Attorney General. The dispute began in November of 2023 when Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D) issued a subpoena (a legally binding order) demanding that First Choice produce ten years’ worth of documents detailing its donors’ names, addresses, and phone numbers as well as the organization’s statements on issues like abortion pill reversal.

When I used to go into classes and speak about our government and being a legislator, I would tell kids, “Know what you’re not willing to compromise on and what you’re willing to compromise on, and you will always negotiate from a position of strength.”