During this election cycle I have read a lot of opinions on the various issues we face in our country. It is interesting to read how different people's thinking has evolved since this cycle began. Some have high tailed it to the safety of the familiar. Some have been challenged to change their minds. Some have stayed the course but deepened their understanding of the opposing view. And some have just abandoned reason altogether and gone for a hostile us versus them mentality.
One interesting conversation I had with an individual centered around abortion. He was a Republican who agreed with his party's stand on principle but was going to vote Democrat because he thought they had a better practical solution. I don't care which party he belongs to so I didn't say much other than that I was glad he had taken the time to think it through for himself.
Then I ran across this:
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Matthew 23:23
It got me thinking how many times we choose and are satisfied with a luke-warm solution rather than fighting for a comprehensive solution. I don't know if it would change this guys opinion but it makes me think that Christians in both parties shouldn't settle for "at least we're doing more than the other side" which I think is exactly what many do. I'm not saying you can't take an incremental approach either. But I think that is used more as an excuse than anything else on both sides.
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