And by right or wrong, I mean looking at whether they hold to a biblical position. As Christians, we may align with a party, but as Christ followers, we never stand under that party. We always stand over it, taking stands for Jesus wherever those stands may lead us. We are never to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to what Jesus would clearly want us to see and hear just because it goes against our political party.
As Martin Luther King once said, “We are not the master of the state, or the servant of the state, but the conscience of the state.”
2. You are always voting for the lesser of two evils.
How do you vote as a Christian when it doesn’t fall into neat political divides, or you are not thrilled with either candidate? Often people feel they are having to choose between the “lesser of two evils.” This is how I think many Americans have felt for any number of recent elections on both the state and national level.
And there’s a reason.
There is no such thing as a perfect candidate. And those who say that when it comes to choosing the lesser of two evils you can’t ever choose evil so you shouldn’t vote for either, are – I believe – misguided.
Unless Jesus is on the ballot, you’re voting for the lesser of two evils no matter who is running, and you’re doing that every single election. That doesn’t mean you overlook character; it just means that all candidates are going to be deeply flawed.
So you still must choose and vote.
