Below is an excerpt from an opinion piece first published by the Springfield Daily Citizen on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
I am intrigued by how some people are injecting God into politics. “God’s will” has been claimed in a number of election results. Some elected officials have claimed to have received instructions from God and others have compared themselves to Biblical figures.
I am not in a position to question the credibility of these claims, so I won’t. I do, however, ask myself this question: Isn’t God’s will an “all or nothing” proposition?
If God is involved, wouldn’t He be involved in every decision? The losses as well as the wins? The bad as well as the good? That with which you don’t agree as well as that with which you do?
Or might there be another explanation altogether?
Read my full article on the Springfield Daily Citizen website >>
I am intrigued by how some people are injecting God into politics. “God’s will” has been claimed in a number of election results. Some elected officials have claimed to have received instructions from God and others have compared themselves to Biblical figures.
I am not in a position to question the credibility of these claims, so I won’t. I do, however, ask myself this question: Isn’t God’s will an “all or nothing” proposition?
- Did He choose the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and not the other 55?
- Did He select the 24th Governor of Oklahoma and not the other 23?
- Did He pick one of the 46 U.S. Presidents and not the other 45?
If God is involved, wouldn’t He be involved in every decision? The losses as well as the wins? The bad as well as the good? That with which you don’t agree as well as that with which you do?
Or might there be another explanation altogether?
Read my full article on the Springfield Daily Citizen website >>