Write and Live His Answer Now
Encouragement to Impact Our Culture
by Marlene Bagnull
Our culture has “become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity” (Rom.
1:29 niv). How long, oh Lord? How long before Your judgment falls on the United States of America? Surely, You cannot ignore our sin much longer. Or will You stand by silently and watch our nation self-destruct?
But this is not a doom and gloom book. Rather, it is a call to action. God is raising an army of believers to reach the lost—to write and to live His answer. Will you enlist?
In this must-read book, Marlene Bagnull and over twenty-five contributors address cultural issues with biblical truth and with love, not condemnation. Write and Live His Answer NOW will encourage you to share the life-changing power of the gospel without becoming part of the angry political rhetoric that is dividing our nation.
Contents
Foreword – James Watkins
Introduction – A Growing Sense of Urgency
Chapter 1 – Silence Is Not Golden
Chapter 2 – Balancing on a Highwire
Chapter 3 – “One Nation, Under God”
Chapter 4 – A Wisdom Checklist
Chapter 5 – We Need the Holy Spirit!
Chapter 6 – Prepare for Battle
Chapter 7 – The Fight for Life Is Not Over
Chapter 8 – All Life Is Precious – The Disabled, Mentally Ill, Aged
Chapter 9 – Jesus Loves the Little Children
Chapter 10 – Sticks and Stones – Growing Up in a Today’s World
Chapter 11 – No Child Should Go to Bed Hungry
Chapter 12 – My Family Too
Chapter 13 – The Plight of the Poor
Chapter 14 – Love Is the Answer – Racial Reconciliation
Chapter 15 – Light in the Darkness
Chapter 16 - The Ten Commandments Are Not Suggestions
Chapter 17 – Grafted into the Vine
Chapter 18 – Peace At Any Price?
Chapter 19 – Take Up Your Cross
Chapter 20 – Be Ready for His Return
Go Deeper – contributions by others
Chapter 21 – Isolate or Insulate? – Ava Pennington
Chapter 22 – Heal Our Land – Laura Shaffer
Chapter 23 – Your Voice in a Hostile Climate – Peter Lundell, D.Miss.
Chapter 24 – Cry Mercy, Cry Repent – M.K. Gantt
Chapter 25 – What Must We Do? – Dr. Bruce R. Porter – Click here to read
Chapter 26 – Write Editorials – Dr. James Hanak
Chapter 27 – God-given Duty – Darcie Gudger
Chapter 28 – Under Attack! Marriage and Family – Charlene Giles, MA LMFT
Chapter 29 – Mourning to Ministry – Catherine Jacobs
Chapter 30 – Our Children Need Jesus – Esther Bandy
Chapter 31 – Arming Our Children to Stand in the Battle of Faith – Joan C. Benson and Marjorie Wingert
Chapter 32 – Messy Hope – Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, Depression, or Suicidal Ideation – Lori Wildenberg
Chapter 33 – Empowering Kids to Care – Sandy J. Austin
Chapter 34 – Make Every Effort – Robert Cook
Chapter 35 – Leaving the Building – Toni Campbell
Chapter 36 – Open Door Policy – Emily Chase
Chapter 37 – The Power of the Cross – T.L. Scheffler
Chapter 38 – Racial Reconciliation and Critical Race Theory – Angie Bass Williams
Chapter 39 – The Growing Food Crisis – Terry Brennan
Chapter 40 – Four Fearless Steps Parents Can Take to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse – Carolyn Byers Ruch
Chapter 41 – It’s About Obedience, Not Orientation – James Watkins
Chapter 42 – The Online Pornographic World – Barb Winters
Chapter 43 – Redeeming the Media and Protecting the Eyes of Innocence – Dr. Ted Baehr
Chapter 44 – Christians: Stop Asking God to Send Revival! – Rick Marschall
Chapter 45 – Resist the Counterfeit Lion – Leona Choy
Chapter 46 – Assurance of Victory – Victoria Dorshorn
Chapter 47 – The Power of the Gospel – M.K. Gantt
Resources
Biblical Guidelines for Addressing Controversial Issues
Recommended Reading
Now Is the Time
Now is the time
to say yes to God’s call,
the time to seek Him
and His will,
the time to prioritize
what’s really important
and put Him first.
Now is the time
to discern
what slows us down
and trips us up,
to confess our sins
to Him and each other,
and to cast aside our doubts.
Now is the time
to fix our eyes on Jesus
and to run with perseverance
the race set before us,
to proclaim the Good News
to the lost—now
while there is still time.
Introduction
A Growing Sense of Urgency
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NLT
During my seventy-eight years, I’ve seen a lot of changes—some amazing, others deeply disturbing.
Man has walked on the moon, but we have not learned to walk with one another in peace.
The twelve-inch black-and-white TV of my childhood is now a huge flat screen that brings the horror of the war in Ukraine into my living room in full color. When will it end? Or will Putin go nuclear and end it for us all?
Our doors are now locked at night, but locked doors cannot protect us from the evil that invades our homes through multiple devices that access the Internet.
Mobile phones and artificial intelligence have replaced rotary phones and operators. Even young children become connected and addicted. They spend more time looking at a screen than playing outdoors. Their “friends” bully and shame them. People who pretend to be friends lure them into deadly relationships.
Marriage is no longer a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman as God intended, and sex outside of marriage is no longer frowned on, even by some Christians.
People who identify as LGBTQ+ are now celebrated and their “rights” receive priority in our courts of law. The courts prosecute parents who try to get counseling for their children who claim they are of the opposite gender. Tomboys are encouraged to believe they really are boys, and they’re told they have a “right” to hormone-changing drugs and body-altering surgeries. But tragically, we are labeled as “haters” when we forget that we too are sinners in need of God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness.
The lives of the unborn and our aged are no longer valued.
How long, Lord? How long before Your judgment falls on the United States of America? Surely, You cannot ignore our sin much longer. Or will You stand by silently and watch our nation self-destruct?
This is not a doom and gloom book. Rather, it is a call to action. “For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns” (Rev. 19:6 NLT). “He isn’t really being slow about his promised return, even though it sometimes seems that way. But he is waiting, for the good reason that he is not willing that any should perish, and he is giving more time for sinners to repent” (2 Pet. 3:9 TLB). He is raising an army of believers to reach the lost—to write and to live His answer. Will you enlist?
Take Action
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NLT
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