Our pastor did say one really stupid thing yesterday as part of his sermon. He launched into a brief political sermon about the upcoming Presidential election. He posited the evangelical vote will likely be split between the two Parties more than usual. He may be correct about that. What was stupid and all too typical was that he made no attempt to recognize the moral choice: refrain from voting for either McCain or Obama, preferring a moral and lawful third party representative or a Godly write-in. After all, we believers will not be judged by God on the outcome of the election but on our own votes: did we vote for an evil man, albeit the lesser evil, or did we vote for a Godly man? No, instead, our pastor, like the vast majority of so-called believers in this nation of idiots, practices an "end-justifies-means" philosophy in politics, in direct contradiction to Biblical morality. In this way, he did implicitly lead hundreds astray with potentially eternal implications.

If you've practiced this evil philosophy, arguing that Republicans are better than Democrats and so voted for the less-left Party, you can still repent. Turn away from such sin, refrain from continuing to sin by advocating evil in office (i.e., voting for the lesser of the evils), and make the moral, Biblically consistent choice. Obey the Lord and don't let your actions burn as chaff but be reaped as a good crop, a holy offering to the Lord. Repent, accept forgiveness, and be washed clean and white, sinless before the Judge.