How Christians Should Vote: A Christian model for voting in the 2018 midterm elections & beyond – Capstone Report

A candidate’s personal sinfulness matters, but it matters less than sinful public policy“

Often the only choice open to the Christian in a particular situation will be a choice between evils; but he will realize that it is not a matter of indifference whether the greatest possible, or the least possible evil comes to pass, and that that to help to bring about the greatest evil by refusing, out of a mistaken perfectionism, to choose the least is surely to be guilty of dereliction of duty.” —C.E.B. Cranfield

Was voting for Donald Trump wrong? Was it a betrayal of Christianity? That is the narrative offered by progressives. Who can forget Southern Baptist ERLC chief Russell Moore claiming Christians supporting Trump betrayed everything they believed? It was sickening and theological malpractice.

But those critics misunderstand the point of voting. It isn’t for virtue signaling.There is a reason theologians and pastors ranging from Dr. Wayne Grudem to Dr. Norman Geisler to Dr. Robert Jeffress supported Trump. Policies. Trump’s policies were the moral choice.

Source: How Christians Should Vote: A Christian model for voting in the 2018 midterm elections & beyond – Capstone Report

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