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it’s election year in America.I want to make something clear as we start It’s important to discuss politics in skull When I Die don’t let me vote democrat shirt, RIP shirt chape l.Not because we believe one party is better than another, but because God’s word informs all of our lives And if we are becoming people who impact the world for Jesus, we need to understand how faith and politics work together. So this week in chapel we’ve invited someone to unpack kingdom values that are scripturally based, and how God’s word might lead us to vote either Republican or Democrat Our goal in these chapels is not to sway you from one side to another, but to present scriptural supports to aid you in the American voting process.For many of us, this would be the first time we get to vote So I want to encourage you to watch both of the videos this week to deeply understand how a Christian can vote for either party.If you only have time for one, can I encourage you to watch the chapel that unpacks the other side?. In other words, if you lean right, watch this one.If you lean left, watch the other one With that, I’d like to introduce you to our speaker.Tim Milosch teaches part time in the Political Science and Communication Studies departments at Biola and works full time as an instructional designer here He’s finishing up his PhD in Political Science at Claremont Graduate University.And I think you’ll see that he approaches politics from a Christian worldview At this year’s Emmys Awards, actor Mark Ruffalo took the opportunity to make an appeal to American voters.

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And here’s what he said, “How are we going to deal and honor, and take care of each other, and our most vulnerable people?. We do that with love and compassion, and we do that by fighting for them.And that’s what we have to do today We have to come together with love for each other.And if you have privilege, you have to fight for those who are less fortunate and more vulnerable.”. Ruffalo, known for his role as the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, captures the basic sentiment that animates many of your Christian brothers and sisters to vote Democrat.Now, I don’t pretend to know every facet of a person’s choice to vote, but what I hope to do in this short talk is to address several questions or points related to the question, “Why would Christians vote Democrat?. ” Now, Mark Ruffalo provides a skull When I Die don’t let me vote democrat shirt, RIP shirt  good starting point as he outlines several values that are familiar to our Christian ears, values that we could readily find scriptural support for.So, why don’t we start there, with the question, “Is there a Biblical case to vote Democrat?”. Now, happily, this is perhaps the easiest part of my talk because the simple answer is, “No.”. At least there’s not a comprehensive contextualized biblical case for voting for a particular political party.

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So when I say biblical, I don’t necessarily mean that in a strict sense When I use the term biblical here, I’m really asking the question, “What, if any Scripture could inform someone’s decision to vote Democrat?”And there’s plenty of good examples, but I’ll just offer an example from the Old Testament, and one from the New It’s said that two of the Bible verses George Washington quoted most often were both from Micah.Micah 6:8 and Micah 4:4 I find it interesting that both verses can be used cited to inform decisions, to skull When I Die don’t let me vote democrat shirt, RIP shirt vote for both political parties.In the case of the Democratic Party, Micah 6:8, and his articulation of our duty before God is particularly appealing “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God “Justice and mercy in Micah closely parallel Mr. Ruffalo’s appeal to love and compassion His appeal to care for the most vulnerable also finds voice in a familiar episode in the Gospel of Mark.And this is from Mark 2

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.And I routinely hear my Democratic brothers and sisters cite these and similar verses to explain their voting decisions However, these verses are calling the people of God to a particular way of life, not a particular way of voting per se.It’s something of a non-sequitur to immediately conclude these verses indicate how to vote one way or the other In order to understand how these verses motivate an inclination to voting Democrat, we need to think about what people in fact are voting for when they cast their ballot.So what’s in a vote?. In general, when you cast a ballot, whether you know it or not, that ballot represents a vote of support or confidence, and some combination of three things: persons, platforms, and policies. To apply this to the 2020 Democratic ticket, we might ask the question, “Do the persons, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, in this case, platforms, the Democratic Party platform, and policies, the Green New Deal, Medicare for all, police reform Do those embody the justice, kindness, and humble walking with God that Micah calls for? Do they exemplify Jesus’ concern, and compassion for the outcast?. In skull When I Die don’t let me vote democrat shirt, RIP shirt some respects,