He focuses as well on the behind-the-scenes work of Christian groups to bring pressure on repressive governments like North Korea, which is brutally persecuting believers today. And he discusses how the new Christian movement is providing relief to believers and getting asylum to persecuted Christians?and much, much more.

I, for one, am tired of hearing people stereotype the so-called values voters as being narrow-minded, right-wing bigots, and dogmatic. Allen Hertzke gets it right in his new book; he describes what Christians do best in the public square: that is, putting Christ?s love for the least of these into practice. We do it at home, we do it around the world, we do it in prisons. This new movement is not only setting the captives free, as Christ taught us. It?s also?though most of the press has not noticed?changing the way the world looks at Christianity.

This book is a major accomplishment, because it documents what has heretofore been largely unrecognized, but is one of the most glorious chapters in the history of Christian activism and our passion for justice. I highly recommend Hertzke?s book?great, uplifting reading for the new year.

For further reading and information:

Today?s BreakPoint offer: Allen D. Hertzke, Freeing God?s Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004). Call 1-877-322-5527. Your donation toward BreakPoint helps continue our worldview ministry and Wilberforce Forum?s advocacy on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.

?A Responsible Approach to a Global AIDS Policy ,? Wilberforce Forum.

BreakPoint Commentary No. 031103, ? Mankind Is Our Business: Christians and Human Rights .?

BreakPoint Commentary No. 030514, ? Bringing Down the Numbers: The Global AIDS Bill .?

BreakPoint Commentary No. 040706, ? The Missing Factor: ?Fidelity Fix? .?

BreakPoint Commentary No. 030707, ? How Quickly They Forget: Christians in (and out of) the News .?

?A Compassionate Law: Signing the Sudan Peace Act ,? Wilberforce Forum, 22 October 2002 .

David K. Naugle, ? Genocide in Sudan: Why It?s Not Too Late to Act ,? BreakPoint WorldView, November 2004.

Visit BreakPoint?s resource and fact page on North Korea .

BreakPoint Commentary No. 040802, ? An Evil We Can?t Ignore: Human Trafficking .?

In this address to the UN General Assembly  in September, President Bush noted that we advocate on behalf of the poor and oppressed ?because we believe in human dignity.?

Gary Haugen, The Good News about Injustice  (InterVarsity, 1999).