Observing the Presidential Race and Exhorting the Church

Churches must be stronger than political division.

Tonight is the end of what has been an ugly and vitriolic presidential election.

While American politics have always been ugly even since the inception of our country—just watch Hamilton—an argument certainly could be made that American politics is messier and more toxic than ever before in our lifetimes. However, I believe, at the very least, Americans sense the filth and dirt of American politics more than ever because of the public mediums that display the political discourse.

Over the past couple of months it seems Americans are tuning into political reality shows. Beginning with the political Shark Tank pitches of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and involving weekly episodes of Trump’s No-Masked Rallies and Biden’s Basement, Americans have been viewing political reality shows rather than digesting substantive political policies.

Given that tonight is Election Night, I want to share three observations from this political season as well as three exhortations for the church in America.

Observations from the Presidential Race

Fear Mongering has been Prevalent.

Both parties espoused phrases such as:

• This election is “a battle for the soul of America”
• The “future of our democracy is at stake”
• “You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America”
• “The stakes couldn’t be higher” in this election
• This is “the most important election” in our history

Basically, both parties espouse that if the other party and candidate wins, America is doomed.

The Other Side Can Do Nothing Right.

Each party has a slobbering love fest with their party ’s candidate. In fact, in the party ’s eyes, their candidate hasn ’t done, nor couldn ...

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