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On Putting Our Trust in Princes

With the Iowa caucuses less than a week away, we can already feel the breezes of the whirlwind that is a presidential election year.  On the Democratic side, it has seemed like a fiat accompli that Hillary would be their candidate, though her past has made it more difficult than it might other wise have been.   The Republican campaigns meanwhile, have been in overdrive for several months now and with the phenomenon of Trumpamania there has been plenty to debate and discuss.  All of this on the heels of an Obama presidency that has left the majority of Americans unsatisfied and seriously concerned about the future.  With fears of ISIS hovering over the us, the growing refugee crisis, the immigration problem, a languishing economy, and national debt spinning out of control, along with any number of other issues requiring strong leadership, many of us feel the urgency of the moment.  This is not a year in which we can afford to swing and miss when it comes to electing our next president.  Too much is at stake.  That being said, we as Christians must be careful to keep a Biblical perspective or as Harry Blamiers said, to “think Christianly” as it pertains to this election.   Paul understood....