For those of us from “da Region,”  you may not know who Peter is or what he does so let me tell you about him. He’s an award winning government teacher by day in a public high school and a talk radio host in the afternoons on 1350AM, WIOU in Kokomo. In addition, Peter is an  sought-after public speaker.  He has been the featured and keynote speaker at numerous events. His two 4-part series, America’s Foundation of Faith and Pillars of the Faith, have been presented at churches throughout the country. Peter shares my passion for Jesus and for the need to teach people to think from a biblical worldview perspective.

The purpose of my interview was to discuss the role of the Church and Christians in public life, and politics in particular. If you’d like to listen to the interview, go to Peter’s website at:  www.peterheck.com/peterheck/audio and select the Thursday, March 4 show.  Right click on segment 6 and save the file to your computer.  I’d love to hear your thoughts. Evidently, this interview led to a wonderful flurry of phone calls from listeners. Enjoy!

During the White House Summit on Health Care,  the President denied the fact that abortion is part of the plan. In responding to a claim by Minority Leader John Boehner that the health care legislation will fund abortion, President Obama dismissed it as talking points and “untrue.” House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi alsojoined the cover up by inaccurately responding that the health bills do not fund abortion.

My friend, Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, tells the truth about the proposed taxpayer funding of abortion under Obamacare:

“The fact is, the President’s proposal to amend the Senate bill leaves several abortion provisions in place: in Section 1303 it allows tax credit subsides for plans that include abortion and leaves the abortion charge for these plans in place. It maintains the proposal to create a statewide plan that includes abortion in Sec. 1334. But it’s worse: it would actually increase the Senate bill funding from $7 billion to $11 billion for community health centers in Sec. 10503 without any abortion funding restrictions.”

When our elected officials lack Christian character, the whole legislative process becomes a sham. The Bible is clear about the type of person who should lead:

“But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes” (Exodus 18:21).

Our responsibility as Christian citizens is to make sure we do all we can to elect people who are capable and honest and who walk in the fear of the Lord. We failed. Let’s not make the same mistake next time around.

In his weekly pastors’ briefing, H.B. London shares the following announcement:

“A new banner ad — provided to the NCAA.com Web sites as part of the original contract between Focus on the Family and CBS — has been removed from the sports organization’s site. The ad shows a father holding his son, the title “Celebrate Family. Celebrate Life.”, a caption that reads “All I want for my son is for him to grow up knowing how to do the right thing,” and the Focus on the Family Web site address and phone number.

National Collegiate Athletic Association^® spokesman Bob Williams said the decision to pull the ad was not based on the message, but on the messenger. The ad was originally approved by all CBS reviewers, but when hostile gay and lesbian groups began to complain, it was removed because of the perceived identity of Focus as portrayed in the liberal media, not the ad’s message. Activists claimed Focus was too controversial for being pro-life and in favor of one-man, one-woman marriage. They said that runs counter to the NCAA’s policies, despite the fact that it does strongly reflect the beliefs of a significant majority of Americans.”

This is a perfect example of the danger we face when we allow the issues of life and marriage to be perverted in our culture. Who would have imagined a day when promoting life, marriage and family, and “wanting our children to do what is right” would be considered WRONG!

This is why we are rallying pastors to “get in the game.”  We must become the prophetic voices for righteousness we have been called to be and we must get our congregations involved before we completely lose our first ammendment freedom to speak our religious convictions publicly.

Encourage your pastor to check out our website: www.indianapastorsalliance.org and to get involved in bringing about revival and cultural reformation in our State. The REVOLUTION is NOW!