Eric's thoughts

After watching a little bit of the political debates this past weekend, trying to understand their current positions, listening to several of them say, "the people are not interested in them attacking one another, they just want to hear about the issues", (to be honest, I was more interested in listening to them attack one another) and trying to gain some insight as to who I will vote for, I was reminded about something I've read recently concerning what some might call, Christian America's search for a political savior.

In his book, The Ever-Loving Truth; Can Faith Thrive in a Post-Christian Culture? Speaker/Author, Voddie Baucham, writes that a political savior is not coming. This view "assumes that a person with that kind of prophetic edge could be elected to a national office." He goes on to write, "... this view assumes that such a candidate would be right in imposing his or her will on the nation. I find it interesting when ideas come across the news with which we (Christians) disagree, such as the Ninth Circuit Court decision that the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance were unconstitutional, Christians cry foul. Why? Because we believe it is wrong for a three-person panel to dictate such things to the masses. I agree, but I must pose a question: What makes regulating our behavior any more appropriate when a 'godly' president does it under the ideal of saving us from pagan immorality by imposing his will on us? The truth of the matter is that we believe such a president would make it easier for us (Christians) to live our lives."

He makes a good point.

Should we vote by our convictions? Absolutely! Should we be looking for a political savior? Absolutely not! Besides, we already have a Savior, and his name is Jesus Christ.