It seems like a cliché to say that these are the most important elections of our lifetime. But that’s how it is at the moment. Here are some different issues I believe in 2024 that are important to those who share a biblical worldview.

1. The value of human life

A party famous abortion until birth, even if they do not admit that they want it until birth. The other side wants to allow some modest restrictions on abortion.

Abortion depreciates the value of human life. Like Mother Teresa once declared“If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill each other?”

If the life of unborn babies is cheap, then life is also cheap at later stages. If the lives of unborn children are worthless, why should people who are too old to contribute to society be kept alive?

2. Religious freedom

America was founded for religious freedom. They were mostly devoted, non-conformist Christians who came to these shores. As the Puritans and other northeastern settlers explained in 1643, in the New England Confederacy“We have all come to these parts of America with one purpose, to advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and to enjoy the freedoms of the Gospel in purity and peace.”

Religious freedom in America was later extended to other groups. But today we see that religious freedom is in danger. Peaceful pro-lifers face harsher penalties than criminals convicted of defending life.

Recently, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked how unlimited the right to abortion should be. Should Catholic hospitals be forced, against their conscience, to perform abortions? She answered that there should be no restrictions on abortion. Period. Concerns of conscience be damned.

3. Israel

Although Donald Trump is compared ad nauseum to Adolf Hitler, the reality is that Trump was and remains a far greater friend to the Jewish state than the Biden-Harris White House, which frequently mistreats Israel, has been like an adversary. Although many previous presidents had promised to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Trump effectively did he.

After the brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which Hamas tortured and killed Israeli men, women and children, Biden-Harris support for the Jewish state has been rather lukewarm.

In the spring of 2024, when college campuses, including many Ivy League schools, were rife with anti-Semitic protests, the Biden-Harris team began coddling them.

Many commentators claim that Kamala did not choose the best candidate, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapirowho is Jewish, as her running mate — lest she offend Arab-Americans.

4. Free speech rights

Note that some on the left consider the Bible to be hate speech. And they consider “hate speech” not to be protected by the First Amendment – ​​or else they consider the First Amendment obsolete.

Many on the left have said that the First Amendment is a obstacle to their goals

5. The transgender question

Another question on the ballot is: “What is a boy?” “What is a girl?” We can see this becoming evident when many public school teachers and administrators attempt to hide from parents what is being taught in schools. This conflict is perhaps most acute on the transgender issue, where the left asserts that gender is fluid.

This notion deprives many girls of progress in women’s sports. Somehow the image of a volleyball being hit by a biological male during a high school girls’ competition comes to mind. Such a ball can go up to 80 mph, and something like that arrived to a girl in North Carolina who was knocked out by it. There were the unfair (and dangerous) 46 seconds boxing match at the Olympic Games between a woman and a transgender man. This seems completely unfair.

6. Teaching the True History of America

The United States of America was a noble experience. This can be summed up in one sentence: autonomy, under God. On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary. Will it be a “morning in America” or a “mourning in America”?

Who we vote for in the election will say a lot about our vision for the future of the nation. And I haven’t even mentioned the borders, the economy, inflation and rampant crime. There are also two competing visions between the two candidates on these fronts.

It is a battle between worldviews, one of which values ​​the individual, parental rights, the sanctity of human life, and free enterprise. While the other values ​​enormous taxation, gender fluidity, the creation of a gap between parents and children, the abandonment of national sovereignty.

Christian, don’t leave this aside. There are too many things at stake.

Dr. Jerry Newcombe is the Executive Director of Providence Foruma division of Coral Ridge Ministries, where Jerry also serves as lead producer and on-air contributor. He wrote/co-wrote 33 books, including (with D. James Kennedy), What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? and (with Dr. Peter Lillback), The sacred fire of George Washington.