Casting a Vote for Religious Freedom: A Q&A with David Jeremiah

How should a Christian voter prioritize the issues?


How should a Christian voter prioritize the issues?

*Interviewed by Jerry Pierce, Decision managing editor

Q: How would you assess where we are now as a nation spiritually, compared to the state of the culture when you went to seminary in the 1960s?

A: My father was a pastor, and I grew up in a godly home. Even though obviously we’ve never been a nation that was predominantly lived out in Christian devotion, during my time of growing up, the Christian consensus was very much alive in this country. Even people who did not believe what you believed respected you because you believed it. There was truth. Now that is all gone. The culture now is more like Europe than like the United States that I grew up in.

Q: How would you counsel voters who believe none of the presidential candidates represent their core beliefs?

A: I would say this: Everybody wants to find someone who represents who they are. Unfortunately, there isn’t anybody like that, not in this election, probably not ever again.

We’re down to the point where we need to elect somebody whom we’re pretty certain won’t be against us, somebody who will allow us to live out our faith. The decision we have before us right now, from my vantage point, is pretty straightforward. The next president will select between two and four [Supreme Court] justices who will reign over the cultural issues of our nation for the next 30 years. One of the most interesting things about the Supreme Court is it is the least democratically selected body of leaders in our nation, and they now wield the most influence. Supreme Court justices have more power than many kings and dictators.

Q: In your mind, what is at stake with federal court appointments?

A: President Obama has replaced roughly 30 percent of the district and appellate judges on the federal benches, so we’re facing a judicial time bomb. In other words, out of that core group of people on the federal bench, with the wrong person making selections, they will choose from liberal appellate and district judges to place in nomination to the Supreme Court, and then it will be over for religious liberty as we have known it.

Q: How should a Christian voter prioritize the issues?






Q: You mentioned praying for God to move hearts. How should our commitment to prayer and spiritual awakening be balanced with the privileges of citizenship in America?



David Jeremiah is the pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church near San Diego and the featured preacher on the internationally syndicated Turning Point radio and television broadcast. Decision interviewed him on the importance of the 2016 presidential election and what it could mean for Christians.

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