Bryan Fischer here with the Life & Liberty Minute. Last week, the Supreme Court  ruled unanimously in favor of the free exercise of religion in a case involving foster care. Faith-based foster care agencies will no longer be required to place vulnerable young children in the suboptimal nurturing environment of a homosexual household. Philadelphia, for instance, has 20 other foster care agencies in addition to Catholic Social Services, so homosexuals in fact are not being denied anything. Only Christians were being discriminated against, but that is the one thing the First Amendment flatly prohibits. The Constitution protects the right not just to believe what you want but to actively exercise your Christian faith in daily and public life, including placing children in foster homes. The Supreme Court has only begun to reclaim liberty from the forces of secularism.

Bryan Fischer here with the Life & Liberty Minute. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court shortstopped the homosexual agenda by ruling that Christian foster care agencies cannot be compelled to place children in homosexual households. The Court did this based on the First Amendment, which prohibits the federal government from interfering with the free exercise of religion. Children who are in foster care systems have already experienced severe trauma in their family of origin, and to protect them from further trauma, Christian agencies place them in optimal nurturing environments. And that’s in the home of a man and a woman who are married to each other. Social scientists tell us that children raised in two-parent families do better in 77 out of 80 categories of mental health than children in same sex households. This is a huge win for liberty, the Constitution, and vulnerable children.

Bryan Fischer here with today’s Life & Liberty Minute. Larry Elder is a black talk radio host who talks about how his father raised him: “He tolerated no excuses and always gave my brothers and me the following advice: ‘Hard work wins. You get out of life what you put into it. You cannot control the outcome, but you are 100% in control of the effort. Before you complain about what somebody said or did to you, go to the nearest mirror and ask yourself, ‘What could I have done to change the outcome?’ And, no matter how hard you work, how good you are, bad things will happen. How you respond to those bad things will tell your mother and me if we raised a man.’ End quote. Dads, America can’t be what God wants her to be unless we become the fathers God wants us to be. I’ve written The Boy To Man Book for every father who wants to raise a man. Order a copy at resources.afa.net.  Resources.afa.net.

Proverbs 24:16 says, “Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.” Bryan Fischer here with an excerpt from The Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read with their twelve-year-old sons. Here’s Winston Churchill during the darkest hours of World War Two. “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.” Whether it’s an academic challenge, an athletic challenge, a romantic disappointment, or a setback in work or career, don’t throw in the towel. Wipe the sweat and blood from your brow and get back  in the ring. As Proverbs says, “If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength.” Order a copy of the Boy to Man Book today as a Father’s Day gift at resources.afa.net. Resources.afa.net.

Proverbs says, “The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.”

Bryan Fischer here, with an excerpt from the Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read with their 12-year-old sons. “The best answer to prayer I have gotten from God is “No.” He’s the only one who knows the end from the beginning, and when His answer is “No,” either He is protecting me from something or saving me for something better. I’ve also learned that the worst things that have ever happened to me are the best things that have ever happened to me. God was using the heartache and anguish and disappointment of each painful thing to prepare me for an important and beneficial change in my life. He will do the same for you. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.’”

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Proverbs says, “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” Bryan Fischer here, with an excerpt from the Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read with their 12-year-old sons. “Sometimes when God closes a door, it slams on your foot and it can hurt. But God uses closed doors to tell us it’s time for a change. I could never have foreseen or predicted the path that my life has taken. One of my mentors told me, “Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backward.” You often cannot see what God is doing when He is in the middle of doing it. That’s why we must trust God with every day of our lives. Solomon is exactly right when he says, “A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand His way?”

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Proverbs says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” Bryan Fischer here, reading from The Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read to and with their 12-year-old sons. Quote: “God  sees things that you don’t, and so you need to place your trust in him without holding anything back. One of the implications of God making our paths straight is that he can make a way for you when there seems to be no way. He can open doors that no man can shut, sometimes doors you didn’t know were there, and have a surprise waiting for you on the other side of that door. I applied to the college I went to because I wanted to get the best education I could get. My purpose for college was to get an education, but God’s purpose was to call me into ministry.” 

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Proverbs says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” Bryan Fischer here with an excerpt from The Boy To Man Book. “As a 12-year old boy, you have many important decisions ahead of you. Education, career, whom you will marry, where you will live. One of my mentors made the observation that God has built life upside down. All the major decisions we make in life - like career and marriage - we must make when we are least prepared to make them. We have to make life-critical decisions when we have less maturity and less life experience than we will ever have. So how do we make good decisions? There are two keys. Seek God with your whole heart, and seek godly counsel from mature men.” More tomorrow!

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Proverbs says, “An excellent wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” Bryan Fischer here with an excerpt from the Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read with their twelve-year-old sons. “The most important decision you’ll ever make in your life is what you do with God. The second most important decision is your choice of a wife. So how do you find the right woman to marry? The question to ask yourself is this: Do I want this woman to be the mother of my children? When the answer to that question is “yes,” you’ve found the woman for you. That’s how I recognized Debbie as the woman I wanted to marry, and she has been everything I could have hoped for as a friend, partner, companion, and mother to my children. I would happily marry her all over again.” Order a copy of the Boy to Man Book today as a Father’s Day gift at afastore.net. Afastore.net.

Proverbs says, “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.” Bryan Fischer here with an excerpt from my Boy To Man Book, for fathers to read with their 12-year-old sons. “As a man, God has made you for work. Working hard to provide for your needs and the needs of your family is central to what it means to be a man. You have been called to be both a protector and a provider for your family. One of my good friends is independently wealthy, and did not need to work a single day in his life. I wasn’t in his position. If I didn’t work, my family didn’t eat. I’ve never regretted that, even for a single day, and never wished I could trade places with him. I found great satisfaction in knowing that my wife and children were depending upon me, and that I was taking care of them.” Order a copy of the Boy to Man Book today as a Father’s Day gift at afastore.net.  That's afastore.net.