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God draws the line of truth in the culture for us. In John 18:37, Jesus Christ declares that “everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” There are people on God’s side of the line of truth, and then there’s everyone else. So as we look at the culture, not only must our decisions involve where that line of truth is drawn, but should our Lord return on election day, I would want Him finding me on His side of that line. Wouldn’t you?

When truth slammed into our buildings on September 11, 2001, the unmistakable realization that people could hate our country and the values we represent so much that they would gladly train those who would kill themselves to commit such a horrendous crime, we saw an immediate outpouring of unity and patriotic pride.

Our nation’s great Armed Forces war colleges have war gaming and simulations centers to help prepare our fighting forces for the real thing.  What can we do or what exercise can we engage that will help us prepare for engaging each other?  How can we prepare for times of disappointment in those engagements even when that worldly disappointment promotes eternal gain?  Is there a simulation out there for us?

This year’s commencement address for the University where I teach was brilliant.  Robby George won’t remember me and the time we shared a few hours in 2011 in New Orleans.  But we should remember what he says here:

This is not why we refer to them as “general elections” but it’s about this time when scores of retired general officers appear from their obscurity and will endorse a candidate of their choosing for the presidency of the United States.

Perhaps you’ve found yourself asking these questions: Why does it seem that good things are happening to bad people?  Why does God allow the evil I see in the world? 

Perhaps you’ve found yourself asking these questions: Why does it seem that good things are happening to bad people?  Why does God allow the evil I see in the world? 

I’ll talk carefully about the major party candidates in this coming election season.  In full disclosure, both are incredibly flawed.  Where’s the breaking news there?  So am I.  But I’m not running for elected office, so let me stick with the job qualifications and what you all may think of the candidates is your business.  They’re trying to get a job.  We all need to speak with gentleness and respect, but also with truth.  These posts appeared on my Facebook page a year ago.  And now, no one seems to be talking about these job qualifications.  I will.  Truth matters.  So, let’s take a look—one more time—at each candidate’s qualifications, or disqualifications, if you will. 

I’ll talk carefully about the major party candidates in this coming election season.  In full disclosure, both are incredibly flawed.  Where’s the breaking news there?  So am I.  But I’m not running for elected office, so let me stick with the job qualifications and what you all may think of the candidates is your business.  They’re trying to get a job.  We all need to speak with gentleness and respect, but also with truth.  These posts appeared on my Facebook page a year ago.  And now, no one seems to be talking about these job qualifications.  I will.  Truth matters.  So, let’s take a look—one more time—at each candidate’s qualifications, or disqualifications, if you will.  

The police shootings and the violence around the country spell Truth with a capital T. Some would say this is where the culture war turns “hot” and I understand their point. But from our perspective, the point where our war turns “hot” is not necessarily when bullets fly, but well before that point when people decide in their minds to suppress what they know to be true—in this case the truth between right and wrong, good and bad. See Romans 1:18.