Watchman's Cry | Forerunners of America

"If the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths." ~Ezekiel 33:6

America is on a perilous trajectory. Difficulty and danger lay ahead if we fail to heed God's warnings. A watchman is needed to sound the alarm!

It may be that times of increasing difficulty are God's chosen means of alerting us to the consequences of our continued national waywardness. Watchman's Cry seeks to amplify this alarm by evaluating our nation's present difficulties in light of God's Word. God has a redemptive role for America, and He is looking for informed and discerning Christians who will serve as His watchmen.

A Dominion Mandate

Having uniquely designed humanity to serve as His stewards over creation, God bestowed upon Adam and Eve both a blessing and a charge…

Human Government Established

By Timothy Zebell

In order to protect life in a creation corrupted by sin, humanity would need to focus not only on the cultural disciplines needed to control animals and the environment, but also on the…

The Origin of Nations

By Timothy Zebell

Shortly after experiencing a global flood that was released to cleanse the earth of its rebellion and wickedness, humanity again forfeited its renewed opportunity to steward God’s creation in submission to His will….

The Purpose of Nations

By Timothy Zebell

God may have established nations in judgment, but His heart was filled with mercy….

When God Troubles A Nation

By Timothy Zebell

Sometimes God must trouble a nation before it is willing to look beyond itself….

The Future of Nations

By Timothy Zebell

Far from becoming obsolete at the return of Christ, nations will continue to play an important role in God’s redemption story throughout eternity….

Nations in Eternity

By Timothy Zebell

Nations will retain a form of human government with God’s faithful servants appointed as kings over nations…

The Redemptive Role of Nations

Today, God is actively involved in the affairs of every nation as He seeks to draw the hearts of mankind to Himself. Nations play a critical role in God’s redemptive plan. Indeed, their purpose stretches even into eternity. What does the Bible reveal about the origin, purpose, and destiny of nations?

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America's War with God

America is engaged in a conflict it cannot win. It is time that we remove the fog of war and honestly evaluate our predicament. Does hope remain? What can we as individuals do? How do we end this war? America’s future is dependent upon the way we answer these questions.

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No Longer a Christian Nation

By Timothy Zebell

Surveys indicate that only 6% of American adults possess a basic Christian worldview about things like God’s attributes, the accuracy of the Bible, and salvation. Worse yet, the trend line is quickly declining …

A Nation In Rebellion

By Timothy Zebell

Our quest to cast aside all moral restraints in pursuit of hedonistic euphoria has only unleashed societal chaos….

Poised for Judgment

By Timothy Zebell

Fundamentally, every nation is given the same choice given to Israel: Choose God and receive blessing, or disobey God and be cursed…

From Discipline to Destruction

By Timothy Zebell

God’s judgment often comes in two phases. The first phase is a corrective judgment in which God lifts His hand of blessing and protection, permitting a nation to experience the destructive consequences of sin….

Point of No Return

By Timothy Zebell

It is possible for a nation in rebellion to reach a point of no return, securing an inevitable transition from God’s discipline to destruction….

Rejecting God’s Prophets

By Timothy Zebell

Prophets declare God’s Word even when it is not welcome. When God sent national warnings to Judah, the people rejected and mocked the prophets…

A Nation In Denial

By Timothy Zebell

It is futile for us to hold out hope that God will miraculously transform our country when even our religious leaders are afraid to confront sin and to call people to repentance…

Reaping the Whirlwind

By Timothy Zebell

Having sown the wind for generations, is America now reaping the whirlwind? Our institutions are in chaos; our youth are in bondage; our churches are in decline; our government is in turmoil, and our foreign policy is in retreat….

Is It Too Late?

By Timothy Zebell

Merciful and patient as God may be, there is a limit to His tolerance of sin. Severe judgment awaits those nations that ignore God’s corrective judgments….

What Can We Do?

By Timothy Zebell

Far from encouraging a fatalistic mindset, 2 Chronicles 7:13–14 provides God’s people with an action plan for aligning our hearts with the heart of God in times of crisis…

God’s Solution

By Timothy Zebell

God’s solution to our problems remains the same today. His solution is consistently sprawled across the pages of Scripture from beginning to end…

We Must Own This War

By Timothy Zebell

When the American church chooses to remain silent on political and culturally controversial matters that are fundamentally moral, is it any wonder how our nation has lost respect for God’s opinion regarding life’s most significant issues?

This Is Our War to Surrender

By Timothy Zebell

America’s war with God began in our churches and in our households, not in our government. As such, the responsibility to surrender this war with God ultimately rests with each of us individually, not with our government leaders….

Clinging to Hope

By Timothy Zebell

Apart from national repentance, America will be unable to avoid divine judgment indefinitely. Discomforting as the thought may be, this is a good thing….

Whitewashed Tombs

By Timothy Zebell

Before we critique other people’s behavior and exhort them to repent, we ourselves must first determine what remains to be repented of in our own lives….

Becoming Watchmen

By Timothy Zebell

Although warnings are not always appreciated in the moment, our society expects responsible citizens to warn those who are being irresponsible….

How to Sound the Alarm

By Timothy Zebell

Our warnings should reflect both the severity of God’s judgment against sinful behavior and God’s heart for restoration….

Sounding the Alarm

We warn others because we reserve hope that a change of mindset and behavior can stave-off judgment. As such, our warning is not a decree of fated disaster. Instead, our warning is a call to action that emphasizes the consequences of inaction. But how do we do this?

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Making a Difference

Confronted with the reality that America is on a perilous trajectory, each of us has a decision to make: Do we want to make a difference?

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What Is Our Concern?

By Timothy Zebell

Before we can determine whether we want to make a difference, we ought to know whether we are satisfied with the way things are now. About what are we concerned?

Silence of the Lambs

By Timothy Zebell

How can a nation ever hope to draw the hearts of people back to God if God’s people refuse to share His heart on practical life issues and to hold culture to account?

Embracing Our Message

By Timothy Zebell

A popular, yet dangerous, myth maintains that God wants His people to be known by what they are for, not what they are against….

What Do We Hope to Change?

By Timothy Zebell

Having identified our primary concerns as being our nation’s failure to accomplish its divine purpose of drawing the hearts of people back to God and the silence of God’s people regarding moral matters in our culture, what is it we hope to change?

The Task of a Forerunner

By Timothy Zebell

Our ability to think and to make decisions have been fundamentally corrupted. As much as we may want to believe that humanity is naturally inclined to choose what is right and true, reality paints a far bleaker picture….

What about Political Activism?

By Timothy Zebell

While there is a place for politics in this conversation, we ought always to keep in mind that the political is merely symptomatic of our nation’s spiritual condition….

The Task Is a Gospel Mission

By Timothy Zebell

Jesus did not confine our gospel message to a proclamation of His death, burial, and resurrection. Instead, we apply this proclamation….

Embracing a Daunting Task

By Timothy Zebell

The great commission frames our Christian responsibility and is at the heart of becoming a cultural change agent.

Choosing God’s Side

By Timothy Zebell

God expects us to join His side, not to invoke Him to join our side.

Breaking the Silence

By Timothy Zebell

The silence among God’s people regarding moral issues in our nation is deafening.

Embracing Our Calling

By Timothy Zebell

As Christians, we are not called to simply keep our heads low, refusing to draw attention or distinguish ourselves from a culture that is hostile to our faith.

Contrasting the Culture

By Timothy Zebell

Cultural beacons of light that shine into the darkness around them necessarily contrast society.

Renewing Our Minds

By Timothy Zebell

God redeems His people by changing the way we think, and this is accomplished when we embrace the truth of His Word.

Proclaiming Truth

By Timothy Zebell

A consistent commitment to truth is difficult and costly.

Warning Others

By Timothy Zebell

We declare God’s truth with boldness and with clarity because the consequences of confusion could be disastrous.

Guarding Our Emotions

By Timothy Zebell

To protect our minds and actions, we must guard our emotions.

Engaging Ideas

By Timothy Zebell

Ideas may manifest themselves in the form of political causes, lifestyle choices, attitudes, addictions, etc., but at their core is often a spiritual lie.

Becoming Informed

By Timothy Zebell

Before we can effectively engage cultural ideas and the spiritual lies that undergird them, we must be informed.

Discovering Reliable Resources

By Timothy Zebell

A willingness and desire to become informed is only the first step. The next is to discover useful resources that can help us become educated on cultural issues from a biblical perspective.

Preparing for Battle

By Timothy Zebell

God has equipped us with a unique weapon for confronting the spiritual lies that have produced demonic strongholds within our culture.

Wielding God’s Truth

By Timothy Zebell

Spiritual warfare is not fought using broad and general statements. Rather, spiritual warfare is precise.

Becoming Vocal

By Timothy Zebell

It matters little how informed we are if we do nothing with that information.

Becoming Cultural Influencers

Our national warning and our call to respond in faith are both rooted in our gospel mission. If we genuinely want to make a difference in our nation, then we must embrace Jesus’ commission to become God’s cultural change-agents.

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Becoming Prepared

Apart from systemic cultural change, divinely permitted seasons of national difficulty are likely inevitable, but this does not absolve us from our responsibility to minister during such seasons. Instead, it could be during these times of difficulty that our ministry is most effective—if we are prepared.

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