Issues on your Table

November 4th is right around the corner. I hope you are committed to vote! I cannot tell you how to vote, but I can speak to moral issues that are pertinent to this presidential election. Before I go on, if you do not know where the candidates stand on specific issues, pick up a Voter's Guide in the foyer or go to http://www.freemarketvotersguide.com/ .

Now let's suppose you invite me (your pastor) to come over to your house. You want to discuss the issues facing our country. You and your children or grandchildren are gathered around the table waiting to talk with me about the election. I come to your door with a duffle bag full of stuff. You invite me in, and we all take our places around your dining room table. One by one I pull from the duffle bag items that represent the most critical issues of our day. First I pull from my bag a fence representing Illegal Immigration, and of course, the proposed fence to be constructed on the U.S. - Mexico border. The children ask you questions, and you are glad to explain the situation to them. Second, I pull from the bag, a pile of cash representing the sad condition of the U.S. economy. In truth, the economy would best be represented by an empty wallet! Again you do not hesitate to answer the children's questions. Third, I pull out a miniature replica of a U.S. tank. This reminds us of the ongoing war against terror in the Middle East. You nod your head in agreement as I set forth the issues in ways your children and grandchildren can understand. Next I pull out a wedding cake with two groomsmen figurines embracing one another on top of the cake. Your children and grandchildren begin to make comments. You begin to blush, dreading the questions you must answer. Things get worse, the last item I pull out of my bag is a "life-like" or should I say "death-like" replica of an aborted baby. How would you respond? How are your children or grandchildren going to respond? Would your reaction to the last two issues be different than the first three? If so, why? Could it be because they are so morally repulsive?

All the issues I have mentioned are important to our choice of the next President of the United States. It is my prayer that we as Christians would continue our fight against the horrors of legalized abortion! It is my prayer that we would make a stand to protect the biblical definition of marriage. God designed marriage. Let's continue to let Him define it. Marriage is a life-long covenantal relationship between one man and one woman!

Little Flock what will you do with the issues on your table? I encourage you to pray, get informed, listen to this James Dobson broadcast, pray more and vote.

Brother John