I am returning from Montgomery, Alabama, the city that has released a firestorm of controversy across the nation. Chief Judge Roy Moore erected a 5000 lb monument of the 10 commandments in the public courtyard of the Alabama State Supreme Court building, declaring the law of God the foundation of law in America as rendered by our forefathers in the constitution of the United States. He was advised to remove the monument after a Federal Judge sided with a lawsuit against Ray Moore. Moore refused to remove it on the basis of his oath to uphold the constitution, not some judge’s interpretation of the constitution. I felt led to fly with my son to pray on the steps of the building where the commandments have been removed from public display and hundreds have been gathering to pray and protest.

From the beginning of The Call, we knew that a main target of prayer was the courts of America. Particularly, our cry was for God to rise up judges who would judge from a foundation of truth in the fear of the Lord. The last two months have demonstrated our desperate need for a shift from judicial activism to judicial restraint. Homosexuality has been “constitutionally legitimatize”, and the law of God and the recognition of God in the public place have once again been ruled against though an activist interpretation of the 1st amendment. Senate filibusters have blocked conservative judge appointees from positions. The main point of contention is over abortion. The hold on death refuses to surrender. What we face is a spiritual battle of titanic proportion. What will break the powers of the systems of injustice? Let me suggest the following: