I personally feel, and this is just me, that we spend far too much time, as American Christians, on politics and being a social club. We don't spend nearly enough time sowing the seed of the Gospel, reaching out to the lost, poor, broken and outcasts. Jesus didn't tell us we'd change the world by taking up political issues, He told us we'd change it by our love and by doing His will. And I've met far too many people who claim to follow Jesus who don't want to do anything other than trot Him out as a political prop, or a reason for a fun gathering.

He called us to help change lives by bringing people to Him. He called us to love as He has loved. Sadly, in our ministry, when I have asked the lost what they think of Christians...almost all of them say that Christians hate them. It takes a mountain of love to even begin to heal the wounds that some people have felt for a lifetime.

I'm not saying don't vote. I'm not saying don't have an opinion on issues. But I believe those things are civil issues, not Christian ones....they are of the world, not of Christ. And Christ's work should come first. We're failing in this country...daily, by not showing enough love, by not reaching out enough, by not caring enough, and by not living Christ centered lives enough.

There are some true followers of Christ doing His work, spreading the Gospel....but they're a remnant in this society.