In reply to Albear Town.

I want to start this reply by saying that I do not mean any harm and I genuinely care more for one’s spiritual well-being over their politics. After all, politics change as fast as the weather, but Christ is eternal.

This article is not really a matter of left versus right or a matter of American political history. It’s a Christian versus the world issue. Our faith calls us to recognize our helplessness in sin and see the need for our Savior. Repentance and salvation is what separates us from the world and is fundamental in our faith.
Being a Christian is not easy. When Christ makes us His own, the world recognizes that we are no longer of the world and its ways and hates us for it. We are told to render unto Caesar, but we are also called to put God first. “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29)
We are not called to tolerate sin, instead we are called to love our neighbors to the point of bringing them to repentance as others should encourage our own repentance.
The Word of God is very clear about the Father’s expectations and how we meet them though Christ’s salvation. Anyone who aligns their faith to politics has put politics first in their heart in place of Christ. This article doesn’t read as a conservative complaining about the “liberal take over of america” but instead recognizes the sinful world we live in and braces us for the struggle our faith brings living in this world. As the article quotes from Scripture, Christ is for all sinners. We as Lutherans hold that Christ does all of the work for us, and the only choice we have is to ignore Him. Let us not ignore His words and repent so that we may be saved. We should also care so deeply for our neighbors that we encourage them to repent and also be saved. We do this not out of hate of their sins, but love and care for their eternal life.