Randy Howard

I was saved at the age of 12 and exposed to the truths of Scripture during my youth, yet there came a season when my heart gradually grew cold toward God. Though I still possessed knowledge of biblical truth, inwardly I had drifted into a dangerously dark and backslidden condition where spiritual passion had been replaced with distance, familiarity, and complacency. I knew about God, but I was no longer walking closely with Him in living communion. But then God, in His sovereign mercy and...

For nearly 40 years of pastoral ministry and 35 years of international travel, I have become increasingly burdened by a pattern that I have witnessed across cultures, denominations, and nations—the steady breakdown of society connected to the confusion and collapse of biblical roles within both the home and the Church. In countless homes, I have seen women carrying the spiritual weight of the family because husbands and fathers were either absent, passive, immature, or unwilling to lead as...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, I find myself reflecting more personally than politically. This moment is not just a historical milestone—it is a mirror. It forces us to ask what kind of people we have become, what kind of nation we are shaping, and what kind of future we are handing to the next generation. I have watched the growing polarization, the hardening of ideological lines, and the tendency to reduce complex human realities into political...