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A resounding chorus is encouraging Christians this election to get involved in politics and to vote!
From CBN. Former Governor Mike Huckabee is calling on Christians to vote. Recent statistics indicate many Believers stay home, leading the talk show host and former presidential candidate to say they can only make a difference “if” they do their part. …
Talk about issues like these on The Community.
“Wendy it’s shocking when you think about the 40 million Christians sitting at home on a presidential election means that they would’ve completely changed the outcome, not just of that election, but of every election in America if they registered and then went to vote. And a lot of ’em don’t want to vote because they say, oh, politics is so dirty. And my response to that is, well, how do you think it’s going to get cleaner if all the Christians stay out of it?”
He says Believers should follow the Bible when it comes to voting. And for the governor, the central issues are abortion and Israel.
“I always say the two non-negotiables for Evangelicals are life and Israel. We don’t have a choice. And those are Biblical issues. They’re not political issues, so it’s easy to separate those. Now if you want to argue about the marginal tax rate, that’s fine. I can’t honestly say that the Bible has a position on what the proper percentage should be or what the capital gains tax should be. I know what I think it should be economically, but I can’t argue that Biblically.”
“But I can definitely say that when it comes to the protection of human life, that’s a Biblical issue because the scripture speaks of being made in the womb and knitted by God. That’s pretty clear. And in Genesis 12, it says, if you bless Israel, you’ll be blessed – curse Israel, you’ll be cursed. That’s pretty clear. And so I don’t feel like you got to tell Christians how to vote, but ask ’em to vote Biblically,” he said. …
For those worried about the upcoming election, Huckabee says…
“Honestly, don’t worry. Philippians says, don’t worry about anything but pray about everything. So, pray about it rather than worry about it. But then put that prayer to action. Make sure you’re registered to vote. Go vote and don’t go alone. Take every friend, relevant person you work with, every neighbor that you know who has Biblical values and get them to the polls. Explain to them why it’s important. Don’t be or allow people around you to be part of that 40 million of Evangelical Christians in this country who don’t even vote.”
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(Excerpt from CBN. Photo Credit: Casey Robertson on Unsplash)