As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“…events that took place over the weekend seemed to indicate growing fissures in that once impassable unity of approval, with Florida governor Ron DeSantis emerging as heir apparent over leadership of the Republican party, as well as the white evangelical support that comes with it.” - C.Leaders
“Augustine doesn’t assess isolated trends within late Roman culture. Instead, he engages with deep structures and fundamental assumptions: the culture’s virtues as well as its vices, its piety as well as its philosophy, its political environment as well as its popular entertainment.” - TGC
“This is not an isolated incident from one sad, angry, and ‘extremely online’ guy. It reflects an increasing trend among some Christians.” - Russel Moore
“If we abandon politics, someone else will fill the void that we left, someone with a very different agenda than our own. This will mean suffering and pain and destruction for the nation.” - Michael Brown
“Canada is considering a bill that would allow individuals to sign a waiver that would remove ‘final consent’ for assisted suicide … in which a physician or nurse practitioner carries out the death by chemical injection.” - CPost
As election day approaches this year, the prospect of voting looks different to me than it has in the past. Whether I look to the left or to the right, my thoughts echo the prophet Jeremiah: “…Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?” (Jer 12:1).
Hopefully the situation improves by 2024.
Some may wonder what principles would normally make a Christian feel obligated to vote. They include these:
“For evangelicals, the 2022 election has become, in part, a contest over what Christian nationalism is—whether just a slur used against conservative Christians voting their values or something new and malevolent.” - CToday
“Annual government surveys from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show no recent increase in the U.S. violent crime rate” - Pew
Today, “the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the most important case of this term, a case which is arguably among the most important of this new century. It will decide whether schools can continue to discriminate on the basis of race in college admissions.” - David French
“What we have here is a very interesting feature from the ‘Maps and Graphs About Religion in America (That You Need to See)’ video channel, which is hosted by … ‘Drew | Atheist, activist, science advocate, youtuber at Genetically Modified Skeptic.’” - GetReligion
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