The midterm left me with a question: Why do Christians lose elections? Is it because there aren’t enough Christians left? Because the other side has more money? Because Christians aren’t politically organized? Was this merely an anti-Trump rage vote on Iran, ICE, tarrifs, or gas prices?
These explanations may account for some electoral defeats. But I want to suggest three deeper problems. And all three are theological.
Not every moral obligation belongs to government to enforce.
Do Christians understand what government is for?
Ask the average Christian what government is supposed to do, and you’re likely to hear answers drawn from contemporary political ideologies. Government should ensure equality, provide economic security, protect individual liberty, or maximize happiness.
These answers have their origins in competing philosophical traditions. Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel,
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