National Day of Prayer comes at a critical juncture. As political civility wanes, institutional trust declines, and resurgent international terrorism dominates headlines, America faces a spiritual crisis.

As Washington negotiates with Beijing to end the tariff standoff, the United States must also demand the Chinese government stop its sinicization of religion, a program designed to make all religious groups extinct. 

Unfortunately, this attack on a public official’s religion is not new. In fact, the attempt to portray Pompeo in a malevolent light is like the religious tests Senate Democrats have sought to establish in recent years on judicial nominees.

It doesn’t take a legal scholar to be concerned about the message imparted by PayPal’s CEO, Dan Schulman, in a recent Wall Street Journal interview by Peter Rudegeair. In the article titled “PayPal CEO Grapples with Fringe Groups,” Dan Schulman explains who gets booted—and why.

To handle the kind of high-caloric anxiety so common in the 24/7 news driven world we live in, we need the exercise of prayer.

Recently there was an effort to rescind the invitation for Vice President Mike Pence to speak at this year’s gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) held in Dallas.

As one scholar noted, “there is not a single nation in the world that both respects religious freedom and poses a security threat to the United States.”

As Vice President Mike Pence prepares for his visit to Egypt, Jordan and Israel that begins at the end of this week, concerns continue to mount for the Middle East’s persecuted Christians.

When the president addressed the summit last weekend in Washington, religious liberty was front and center in his speech. Perhaps more than any other president in recent history, he chose to squarely address the issue and not shy away from the social conservative base.