10/7/2026
When I say, “Almost There”, I’m referring to almost to the end of this election cycle. We’ll be able to go 2, maybe 3 weeks in peace before the next election cycle begins. Below you’ll find a few thoughts on the upcoming election…….the primary thought being, get out and vote. Read on………
As many of you know, at LifePoint, we don’t do politics. That’s not to say that we don’t address political issues because often political issues are Biblical issues. Our church family and our communities are politically diverse. I don’t know the political persuasion of everyone here at LifePoint, but I do know that we have a diversity of thought when it comes to politics. We have people on the left, people on the right, people somewhere in the middle and people who fall somewhere else entirely on the spectrum. What this means for us is that we have an incredible opportunity to model for our community and the surrounding area what it looks like to disagree politically and love unconditionally – and we are not about to alienate one (or more) group(s) of people for the sake politics.
I mentioned this a few years ago, but someone actually said to me, “I don’t know where you stand politically.” I was actually quite happy with that statement because where I stand politically is not nearly as important as how much I love you. I had someone ask me, “Why don’t you post political things on social media?” I answered, “First, because posting anything political on social media automatically alienates anyone and everyone in the other political party. My job is not to cause division, but to bring people together to follow Jesus. My priority is Jesus, not my political party.”
Let me just say it: Jesus is far greater than your political party of choice. And just because someone has a different political opinion than yours doesn’t mean they’re wrong. When Jesus called us to love one another, He called us to love unconditionally. Love others regardless of political party affiliation. Love others regardless of which political party is in power. He didn’t call us to love our political party unconditionally and have a disdain for the other political party. He called us to love people unconditionally. In other words, we cannot love people through our political filter, we must love others through our faith filter. Instead of evaluating our faith through the filter of our politics, we must evaluate our politics through the filter of our faith. There’s a big difference between the two.
I could write an entire sermon here, but I won’t. I simply want to do a couple of things:
1) I want to remind you that Jesus died for everyone – even those of “the other” political party. Their soul is worth far more than your political opinion.
2) Everyone of age should vote on November 3. This is your opportunity to have a voice in what happens in our country. Anytime you have an opportunity to vote, your “law of Christ informed conscience”, you should vote. I’ll post more information on this below.
3) We must not allow politics to divide us. At the very end, the thing that Jesus was most concerned about was the unity of His disciples, the unity of those who follow Him. Yes, there are many divisive issues out there, but Jesus was most concerned with the oneness of His followers because He knew that as long as they were in lockstep with His Heavenly Father and with one another, the world would change. But if they ever got divided and splintered, things would stall out.
Your political candidate will win or lose based on how American citizens vote, but the church will win or lose based on our behavior every day of our lives.
I love you all, church! I truly do! Let’s love one another, cast ballots, and then love one another some more.
Chuck
ps………The cutoff to register to vote is October 19. Polling places will be announced ahead of the election.