Now please DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND, the Republican platform does not actively promote those issues as does the Democrat platform, but acceptance usually leads to the embracing of an issue.
MANY OTHER ISSUES. The administrative state, the military, border security, the economy, the rise of China’s influence in the Southern hemisphere, the radical Muslim agenda, rogue nations with destructive weapons, support for Israel, the judiciary, the DOJ’s use of lawfare against political opponents, Second Amendment rights, autonomy of local churches, & the mobilization of artificial intelligence are all issues about which I have great concern and about which the Republican Party continues to hold firm.
Most voters are motivated by one or two issues, and those are what politicians use to energize voters. Abortion and traditional family have been those energizing factors for multitudes of Evangelical Believers in Christ as LORD. Now, cracks have appeared in what has heretofore been a solid front against the lowering of standards by the pragmaticism overtaking the Elephant Tribe.
NO HEAD IN THE SAND PHILOSOPHY. Though I disagree with portions of the Republican platform, I will exercise the opportunity to cast a meaningful vote to prevent the current administration from retaining control and continuing the precipitous slide toward socialistic anarchy. I will not waste my vote on some obscure party which has no chance of victory, and usually has just as many objections as the two major parties. I WILL VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET!
NO PLACE TO REST MY HEAD. I do not now believe, nor have I ever believed, that President Trump is a doctrinaire conservative. He seems to be a pragmatic conservative whose beliefs are shaped by the prevailing winds of the electorate. I’m not saying that is bad, because the President ought reflect the positions of the electorate, but that leaves conservative Evangelical Believers without a dependable bastion of political influence.
RE-EVALUATE LOYALTY. I’m not sure that losing political influence is all that bad. We who are American Believers must understand that we live in a culture unlike any the world has ever known. We’ve had blessings without political interference, and we’ve prospered beyond anything ever imagined by the early church, as well as most of the contemporary Believers scattered throughout the world. Yet, some in our tribe seem to have placed an inordinate amount of trust in this political party, and are experiencing extreme “buyers remorse,” without adequately pondering the full implications of the situation. THE BELIEVER’S LOYALTY MUST BE FIRST TO JESUS CHRIST! We must understand that it is not the government to which we owe our first allegiance. God, in His own unfathomable way, is the one who has been gracious to provide through the government, and it is God who will allow us to either wallow in the sin of self-pity as oppression inevitably comes, or will deliver us from that oppression through a fresh sense of His presence in our lives individually and collectively.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. I fear that the failure of American Believers to appropriate the blessings of God to live effective Christ-like lives in the midst of plenty, while indulging ourselves in the things of this world to the point that Jesus Christ is hardly an afterthought in the minds of many who claim to be His disciples is bringing upon us the judgement hand of God.
I will vote the Republican ticket because it is the best of the worst, but I have no home there!
