CHRISTIANS MUST VOTE

From: Gary Bauer, American Values

Vance: Christians Must Vote

Vice President JD Vance was interviewed recently by Bishop Robert Barron. It was a “must see” for those of us pushing for active Christian citizenship. Vance said:

“Jesus really cares about how you treat your wife and how you treat your kids, but He also cares about everything else, too. . . You can’t just confine your faith to these narrow little slices of society or culture or your own life.”

In other words, our faith isn’t meant to be “trapped” only inside the walls of our church and home. Our faith should inform every aspect of life, including how we judge issues that impact our lives and affect our families, how we evaluate candidates who seek to govern us and how we vote.

Vance also rejected the idea, held by far too many pastors, that “churches should just be about churches.” Some pastors avoid discussing moral issues from the pulpit because they’re afraid of offending someone. “That’s a political issue, and I stay away from politics,” they say. Well, we are told that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is going to offend some people.

But many issues in politics, including abortion, are moral issues. It’s a life-and-death issue, and the Bible is very clear about the sanctity of life. The sterilization and mutilation of children is a moral issue. Parental rights in education and healthcare is a moral issue. Protecting American citizens from criminal illegal aliens is a moral issue.

Even the most basic question about the purpose of government—whether our rights come from God or the state—is a moral issue.

Vice President Vance suggested that these issues are too important to just “leave politics to the politicians.” That kind of thinking is actually the devil deceiving Christians into giving up their influence and hiding their light in this world while the culture is being ripped apart around them.

The vice president’s remarks are especially timely as there is growing evidence that Christian voter turnout in this year’s election may drop sharply.

I’ll guarantee you that Muslims in Little Mogadishu and in Dearborn, Michigan, will crawl to the polls if they have to. That is one reason why they are already beginning to dominate some elections when they are a relatively small percentage of the population.

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