“Christian Voting”
As November 4 approaches, I think it’s important for us to think about what we’re doing when we vote. Wherever you stand on the issues or the candidates, it’s entirely appropriate that we discuss how Christians approach the role of politics in our lives. Here’s a great little article by John Piper, a pastor in Minneapolis, with some good Biblical thinking about what it means to vote as a Christian. It’s definitely worth the 3 minutes it’ll take to read.
Frankly, I have a specific political view to which I personally hold, and I will vote for my preferred candidate. I expect you will do the same based on your political views.
But no matter what happens on election day, Christians prepared for eternity will be quite fine. For we hold fast, not to earthly powers, but to Almighty God. God’s power dwarfs humanity’s political attempts to usher in policies that can only act as temporary bandaids for the world’s real problem of sin. Friends, only God can change hearts and minds, and for the Christian prepared for eternity… no politician nor government can ever separate us from Christ!
For the sake of the Kingdom,
Scott