For or Against by Suzanne Hadley Gosselin on 11/07/2006 at 12:39 PM

In light of election day (get out and vote!), I thought this post from Worldviews, World Magazine's blog, was appropriate:

Newsweek sent a team of hunters into darkest America once again and spotted tribes of evangelicals. The headline on the magazine's cover story: "An Evangelical Identity Crisis: Sex or social justice?" A more revealing headline would have been, "7th or 8th Commandment: Do not commit adultery or do not steal." Hmmm — why not obey both, and a few others besides? Newsweek editors might recall that some evangelicals care about #6 and apply it to the murder of both born and unborn. And what about false witness? Anyway, the Bible is unified: it's good to support marriage and to support biblical anti-poverty efforts, and we should not be fooled by Newsweek into thinking in terms of "or."

After reading the article, I concur. Navigating politics as a Christ-follower is tricky — mainly because government is a human system, flawed by, well, humans. But favoring one important biblical truth while neglecting another is not what we're called to do. Instead, we should search out Scripture in every matter and discern the best course of action from there.

Speaking of the bogus labels placed on evangelicals, conservative columnist Cal Thomas made a valid point in the article: "What are Christians known for? We're against abortion, against same-sex marriage. But what are we for?"

That is a question we can answer — a question we're called to answer. We are for love, charity, discernment, grace and truth. Why? Because our Savior was for these things, and we serve Him. Something helpful to consider as we exercise our privilege to vote.

For or Against by Suzanne Hadley Gosselin on 11/07/2006 at 12:39 PM

In light of election day (get out and vote!), I thought this post from Worldviews, World Magazine's blog, was appropriate:

Newsweek sent a team of hunters into darkest America once again and spotted tribes of evangelicals. The headline on the magazine's cover story: "An Evangelical Identity Crisis: Sex or social justice?" A more revealing headline would have been, "7th or 8th Commandment: Do not commit adultery or do not steal." Hmmm — why not obey both, and a few others besides? Newsweek editors might recall that some evangelicals care about #6 and apply it to the murder of both born and unborn. And what about false witness? Anyway, the Bible is unified: it's good to support marriage and to support biblical anti-poverty efforts, and we should not be fooled by Newsweek into thinking in terms of "or."

After reading the article, I concur. Navigating politics as a Christ-follower is tricky — mainly because government is a human system, flawed by, well, humans. But favoring one important biblical truth while neglecting another is not what we're called to do. Instead, we should search out Scripture in every matter and discern the best course of action from there.

Speaking of the bogus labels placed on evangelicals, conservative columnist Cal Thomas made a valid point in the article: "What are Christians known for? We're against abortion, against same-sex marriage. But what are we for?"

That is a question we can answer — a question we're called to answer. We are for love, charity, discernment, grace and truth. Why? Because our Savior was for these things, and we serve Him. Something helpful to consider as we exercise our privilege to vote.