Sometimes American Christian voters have to face situations where none of the candidates are acceptable, Reformed evangelical theologian Kevin DeYoung has said, in which case they need to consider 10 important questions.
DeYoung, who pastors Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, and is board chairman of The Gospel Coalition, said that his list on Monday is not about any specific candidate or contest, but comes after much debate over evangelical support for President Donald Trump and Alabama candidate for the U.S. Senate Roy Moore.
He argued that sometimes, voting is simple, as one party and its candidate aligns with a believer’s political, cultural, and ethical convictions, but in other cases the party puts up someone “you have a hard time liking at all.”
DeYoung listed 10 important questions Christians should ask themselves in that scenario, starting with the advice that if the choice is between two evils, Christians should not vote at all.
“Am I saying then we never vote? No. I’m saying that the phrase ‘lesser of two evils’ may not be the right one. Perhaps we really mean ‘the less bad of two bad…
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