In these turbulent times, Dr. James Dobson tells us that faith holds America together.
Dobson writes, “In our secular age the battle rages not only over the question of religion in our public life. The very concept of faith is under attack. Cynicism and unbelief mock faith and the sacrifices it brings forth. Yet no nation can long survive if it does not have among its people a deep reservoir of faith in all its forms. This is especially true for democracies where the will of the people prevails.”
He continues, “In a purely secular sense, faith that things will get better (if not now, then later, and if not for you then for your children) is what motivates millions of people to make countless sacrifices. Faith is the force behind the worker who holds down two jobs so that a son or daughter can be the first in the family to go on to college. It is faith in the notion that hard work and right behavior will be rewarded (in the next life, if not always in this one) that causes us to continue to strive and toil.”
And the radio teacher adds, “Religious faith permits a nation to overcome adversity that cause both individuals and countries to suffer. Faith teaches that life is more than a mad rush for wealth, that sacrifice matters, that some of the most important things men do often cannot be completed in one generation.”
Dobson concludes, “What is etched on the hearts of the great majority of the American people will remain and be passed on to the next generation: the simple belief that we are “One Nation, Under God.”