How do we reflect Christ's love to our neighbors and friends? Here are five important postures:
1. Gratitude
This sounds counter-intuitive. Can we find something praiseworthy in a divisive, partisan season? Even if we will be grateful when we can stop getting hit with text messages, mailers, and TV ads, we can find room for gratitude that, unlike most people in human history, we even have a politics to complain about.
We can choose the people who hold public office and the policies they enact. We may wish our point of view had more influence or got more votes, but at least we have some measure of influence. Today, billions of people long for that kind of freedom. So we should thank God for the privilege of living in America, no matter who wins the election. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 urges us to “in everything, give thanks.” READ MORE
PLEASE NOTE: Would you like to explore some issues like: Are Christians obligated to vote? What about the statement "Lesser of Two Evils? How about "one issue" voting? What are our civic duties as Christians? Check out this very helpful article by Dr. Alfred Poirier HERE

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