Z. Scott Colter 🇺🇸

On this International Religious Freedom Day, we pray for more than 388 million Christians who currently suffer severe discrimination and persecution for their faith around the globe. According to Open Doors, 1 in 7 Christians are persecuted worldwide, 1 in 5 in Africa, and 2 in 5 Asia. Just this week in Ethiopia, more than 60 people, including 5 children, were killed in a series of attacks on Christians. Every person has soul freedom – the ability to choose to serve God or to reject Him – but not every person lives somewhere where religious freedom is respected or protected. No person should be persecuted for his or her faith and deeply held religious convictions, and that earnest belief has been an integral part of America from her founding. We must maintain that first freedom here in the United States and pray for those suffering great distress because of their profession of faith around the world.

These students have no idea what socialism is or what it does to countries that embrace it. Clueless.

America is worth preserving for the next generation. "Never give up. Never surrender. Always go for the win." - Charlie Kirk

🚨It's here! 🇺🇸 We've been excited to begin a new initiative called Motherhood Mondays and Fatherhood Fridays to inject GOOD and ENCOURAGING stories from parenting into our culture, and today, we begin! For the next 52 weeks, we will be sharing YOUR stories and our stories as well. Motherhood and fatherhood often get a "bad rap," and increasingly (and devastatingly) we are seeing a sharp increase in news stories about mothers killing their own children, especially following the high-profile Lindsay Clancy trial. While Clancy's attorney delivered fan mail to her and while women supporting her showed up to the courthouse with posters declaring their solidarity, we know these two truths: 1) Evil is evil, no matter how you dress it up and play it down. It will always be atrocious to kill a child, and especially YOUR OWN child. And 2) Every life is precious, in the womb and outside of the womb, and everyone has a God-given right to life. Motherhood and fatherhood are a BLESSING, not a BURDEN. Are they tough jobs? Absolutely. Perhaps the most difficult and personally taxing job you will ever undertake. But they are beautiful jobs, and what God has said about children is permanent truth: children are a blessing and a heritage from the Lord. "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them..." - Psalm 127:3-5a So, join us. Help us speak life and truth into a sick and hurting culture. All the time people ask us this: what can we do to help turn our country around? This is one small thing you can do. Contribute to this conversation. Send us your photos, quotes, and stories that tell how you have seen parenthood as a blessing in your life. Other parents and prospective parents need to hear this life-giving truth to push back on the ever-negative narratives entering their eyes and ears from every direction. Email us at [email protected]. Let’s celebrate the blessing of family!

Forced out of a sporting event for wearing an XX XY Athletics shirt — completely un-American. Men are men and women are women. It’s not a matter of feelings; it’s a matter of fact.

Apathy has major consequences! Be interested and involved! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

First things first.

Early voting is beginning in several states! Millions forget to vote in the midterms — make sure you remember! Our friends at iVoterGuide.com can give you election dates and candidate research for your own zip code so you have all the information to make a solid decision. Vote your biblical values!

In Washington state, a male student finished 76th in a boys JV cross country race. Four days later, he finished 1st in girls varsity, FOX reported. Nearly half of the girls cross country team boycotted the race, unwilling to compete against a boy in the girls division. Well done, girls. Stand strong in refusing to enable the insanity of transgenderism and letting boys compete in girls sports. 👏

In Honor of Columbus Day, we’re sharing today an excellent piece written by @RodDMartin. While much of the progressive West demonizes Columbus in large part to demonize and delegitimize America, Martin says, an accurate understanding of Columbus as a valiant visionary and a God-fearing man is worth preserving for the next generation. Thanks to Columbus, we are Americans today – Americans who sought to build a nation upon God’s laws and to establish a land where the gospel could be shared widely and freely. Consider this excerpt from Martin’s article, and then, take a few moments to read it in full today as we remember Christopher Columbus. “Columbus was not perfect. None of us is. But he is a worthy model of audacity in the service of something higher. “So celebrate. Teach your children who Columbus was and why he matters. Read a page of his log. But most of all, be grateful for the better world his voyages made possible — and resolve to be worthy of it. The wonder of Western Civilization is not an accident: it’s an inheritance. It can be squandered, as many are attempting. It can also be renewed. And if civilization is not merely to endure but advance in our day, we must appreciate his audacity and achievement to inspire a new generation of similarly intrepid explorers.” Read the article here: rodmartin.org/p/copy-christo…

In a resurfaced clip from 2018 when he was running for governor of Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, said he believes America owes it to the world to open its doors and vowed not to cooperate with ICE or federal immigration law. Common sense policy and policy that aligns with biblical values is policy that upholds the rule of law. Immigration is not the problem; illegal immigration is the problem. Americans are right to expect that laws that are established are also enforced. This is not cruel. It is common sense and just.

The American Revival Project is committed to spurring the revival of personal faith and national great awakening, strengthening families, and reasserting the virtues of liberty. Let's work together to ask God to "revive us again," as the 1863 hymn by William Paton Mackay says. Revival begins hyper-locally, in each person's heart. Only then can it begin to spill out into our communities and our nation. There is not a shortcut for this work. Only true humility and a desire for genuine revival will suffice. Join us in praying for this!

Children are not a distraction or “in the way.” They are a beautiful part of American life. Thanks to the Vance family for leading by example in making America pro-family once again. As Charlie Kirk said, “Get married. Have children. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy.” Faith. Family. Freedom. 🇺🇸