Note: Bill Cooper and I met in the winter of 1984 when we were both assigned to Headquarters, Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. I was being re-assigned against my wishes to be a command intelligence briefer under the deputy chief of staff for intelligence, and Bill was coming in to take my place as the Soviet Navy analyst for the 544th Intelligence Analysis Squadron, 544th Strategic Intelligence Wing. That was the beginning of a lifelong friendship, and he is my brother from another mother. He shared this story with me a few years ago, and this year, he put it in writing, so I asked if I could share it for this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, and he agreed.

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Note: This is the main text of a letter I wrote in response to a brother in Christ who disagreed with the statement in my last article, “Time to Build an Ark,” that “I am no longer looking to the political process for solutions.”

Thank you for taking the time to write. I appreciate the thought you gave to my article.

I wouldn’t expect Christians to disengage from the culture; in fact, I encourage it. I simply believe that we’ve put too much faith in the political process and not enough in the power of God to do amazing things through His church stepping out boldly in every community across the land.

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God: Noah!

Noah: Who is that?

God: It’s the Lord, Noah

Noah: Right!

Noah: Where are ja?

Noah: What you want? I’ve been good.

God: I want you to build an Ark.

Noah: Right!

Noah: What’s an Ark?

Note: Does remembering this skit above make me older than dirt? Post a comment below or on Facebook, or send me a tweet if you know who did this!

It’s pouring buckets outside as I write this, so I hope the title isn’t prophetic! This phrase, and the thoughts behind them, have been in my head since Monday when, in a conversation with Dr. Steve Samson, one of my colleagues here at Liberty University, we discussed the current state of world affairs and where we seem to be headed.

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