“In a pluralistic society, it is neither possible nor desirable for Christians to try to force their views on others. It is not only preferable, but I believe obligatory, for Christians to stand up and articulate their views in the public square. We should try to persuade others using either prudential or moral arguments. We must be willing to live with “the will of the people.” At the same time, we must not be intimidated into accepting the position that our voice is not valid because it has a religious basis” Robert Orr

I was reading through this for class, and this material is so timely. 

While we see the division of believers welling up to the surface post-2020, and now more so post the death of Charlie Kirk, 

I urge all believers to come to know who God is and what we ought to do with that information, in the words of R. C. Sproul, “The biggest problem in Evangelicalism is that we don’t know who God is and the second biggest problem is that we don’t know what the gospel is, we’re lost.”

We identify only as Christians. I personally vote based on who will most not get in the way of the followers of Christ from sharing the gospel and who is doing the best job of influencing Christian values on the government not in intention or in heart, but in action and reality, as John states in 1 John 3:18, “Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.”

Biblically, some are called to political office, and in that office, they are called to be salt and light. 

We are all called to lead wherever we are and to share the gospel wherever we go. Our call is to influence this world in whatever field we are called, and not abdicating our duties as reflections of Christ, because of niceness, the fear of man, or that you feel like things would be better if you were neutral whether that be in education, government, medicine, etc. As we influence these areas, dynamics will shift and things may look more Christ-like. But the goal isn’t a Christian government; the goal is to lead those in government to Christ, and as that happens, laws will be changed, and things will swing our way sometimes. Praise God. But it is not what we are called to do. We are called to love our neighbor and share the gospel with them. 

Also, Christian leaders continue to proclaim the Gospel, whether at a memorial service or at Waffle House. Rejoice!! Let God be glorified in all things.