No Longer Torn: Why We Evangelicals Should Consider Voting for Biden

Are you torn this election? Are you, like me, a pro-life Christian wondering that if you vote for Joe Biden you may be throwing away your integrity for voting for a pro-choice Democrat? Every four years, we Americans hear the same thing again and again, without even a change of wording or tone: “This is the most important election of our generation.” This means we either have a very poor collective memory OR that we, to quote the high-culture classic “Spaceballs,” are up to “ludicrous speed” with regard to the ever-rising stakes that our politics has on the survival of society as we know it. Like the Tacoma Narrow Falls Bridge exposed to just the wrong wind speed, America seems to be at its breaking point. Just a few weeks ago, Rick Joyner, a famous Evangelical pastor from Charlotte, NC, threatened a civil war if Joe Biden wins. When our metaphors have come to this level — when war metaphors start to not become metaphors anymore — you know we need more people saying let’s put down our weapons, sit down at the table, and discuss this issue as best we can with level heads. Why not try, right? If we are willing to follow the likes of Rick Joyner into a bloodbath in the streets of America, why not first try and talk it out? Surely, we can afford a few hours or days or, heck, even a few weeks to try and come to some mutual understanding. If it doesn’t work…