Published November 7, 2024
If you’re not gaining, you’re losing. As Christians, we should remember that if we are not strengthening our families, churches, and ministries, then it does not matter much who wins elections. And if we are faithfully laboring for Christ, we may prevail even if our enemies triumph on Election Day.
Politics matter, but our hope is in the gospel, not the government. Our reliance is not on the powers of this world but on the divine power, the Creator, who made the world. Politics cannot save us, either individually or nationally. We cannot vote our way into righteousness and out of judgment. Seeking justice in law and governance is part of righteousness, but we know that this requires more than politicians and policies. It will not matter that our preferred politicians win if church attendance and family formation continue to collapse.
And the options that were before us this year were not good. Vice President Kamala Harris is a mediocrity who holds our Constitution in contempt and delights in the shedding of innocent blood through abortion. President-elect Donald Trump is an aged libertine with poor self-control who has been sidelining social conservatives. The threat of Harris spurred most Christians to support Trump as the lesser evil—and they did so overwhelmingly.
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Nathanael Blake, Ph.D. is a Fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His research interests include American political theory, Christian political thought, and the intersection of natural law and philosophical hermeneutics. His published scholarship has included work on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Alasdair MacIntyre, Russell Kirk and J.R.R. Tolkien.
