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This is Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Vickie & I have already cast our vote in the 2020 presidential election. We both voted for Donald Trump. Knowing that I have Christian brothers and sisters who would have problems with our vote, I had decided that yesterday I would try to put together a video to explain our decision. But, for some reason, I could not carve out the time to get my thoughts organized well-enough to put together a post. Now I know why. 

This morning, shortly after it was posted, I was able to listen to Dr. Albert Mohler’s daily post called, The Briefing. And when I heard it, I realized that he was saying, in a far better and more articulate way than I could have ever said it, what I would have wanted to say. 

If you are a Christian, and if you have not yet cast your vote, I would just urge you to listen very prayerfully to what he has to say.

Saturday, October 31, 2020

I feel a need to follow-up my post of a few days ago (i.e., what I posted above) explaining why Vickie & I have voted for Donald Trump. Some have expressed a belief that I should not have posted it. If you have not yet listened to what I posted from Dr. Albert Mohler, you can listen, or read the transcript, here.
After a lot of prayer and thinking and study, I find myself agreeing with several men of God for whom I have great respect about the upcoming election. I am talking about men like Dr. Albert Mohler, President of Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY, Dr. Jack Graham, Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church near Dallas, TX and former president of the SBC, (as well as my former pastor), Dr. Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse, Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas, Dr. Richard Land, President of Southern Evangelical Seminary, Charlotte, NC, Dr. Wayne Grudem, Conservative Theologian and editor of the ESV Study Bible, Dr. Ed Young, Pastor of Second Baptist Church, Houston, TX and former president of the SBC, Dr. William Lane Craig, Christian Apologist and professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University and Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, and many more like-minded Christian leaders.

Our belief is that, while Donald Trump unquestionably has some grave deficiencies in many character qualities, there is a far greater danger to the future of Christianity in the United States that’s found in the Democratic Party.

The greater danger is the embrace, by the platform and many leaders of the Democratic Party, of many positions that I, as a Biblical Christian, believe I must strongly oppose.

The most alarming of these positions is the embrace of abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy to be paid for by the American Taxpayer and opposed to any restrictions whatsoever on abortion, even up to the moment of birth–closely allied to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the U.S. Abortion is murder. Abortion is an American Holocaust.

But the Democratic Party has also taken stands against Religious Liberty and has expressed full support of the LGBTQ+ sexual revolution. Many in the Democratic Party have also expressed support for Critical Theory, Socialism, and other secularist, non-Christian worldviews.

For those who might say, “Steve, these are just political issues. You are just being political. As a Christian, you shouldn’t be speaking out on political issues.” I would simply reply, “Actually, they are Christian and Biblical issues.” I was raised as a Democrat. In the election of 1964 I was too young to vote (18 didn’t make the cut in those days), but I strongly supported Lyndon Johnson. The truth is, there was a time in our history when the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties that involved Biblical principles did not seem so stark. That is no longer the case. Those of us who are Biblical Christians may groan at the prospect, but we must not close our eyes to those differences that are now sharper than ever.

If the polls are correct, in a short while the Presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives will soon be controlled by the Democratic Party. If, and I’m praying this doesn’t happen, but if, in the future, that control leads to a radical decrease in religious freedom in our country, it’s important to me that I speak up now.

I realize that there are Christians who disagree with me and with the men I listed above. I do respect those who disagree with us. We each have to pray for God’s wisdom and strength to do what we believe to be right and stand on what we believe to be the truth. My hope and prayer is that we can be clear, but gracious, kind, and loving–in short, Christlike–as we express our concerns and our convictions.

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Stay in the Battle!
Steve Hall