Dr. Albert Mohler is the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, and a very prominent Christian theologian, speaker, author, and commentator. He creates a daily podcast called "The Briefing," which describes itself as a 'daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.' As I've remarked here before, conservative Christians would do well to listen regularly to his candid and theologically-informed takes on the events of the day.

Today, much of his time is devoted to former President Trump's recent statement on his position regarding abortion--one which should be of great disappointment and concern to Christians. While essentially touting the reversal of Roe v. Wade as part of his presidential legacy, Trump was clear that he was not in favor of any kind of federally-imposed limits on abortion. Instead, he said, that is a matter for each state to decide.

As Dr. Mohler points out, for Christians, the ends (winning an election) do not justify the means (an immoral position). This is true of one's views on abortion, war, or anything else. In Mohler's words:

We can’t assume a policy position that will cost us the election, otherwise, we lose everything. Now, it is at this point that Christians thinking through this issue understand that’s an understandable logic, but it’s a logic we can only take so far. We cannot possibly use that as justification to hold to a policy position we believe violates our deepest convictions. The threat of not winning an election cannot justify assuming an immoral position.

He goes on to remind us all that our allegedly Catholic President has far more evil views on abortion. There is certainly nothing moral or virtuous about the Democratic platform on this issue. This hearkens back to what I wrote just last week:

Between Biden and Trump, we are being presented with a false dilemma. We don't have to choose between "Wokism" and "Trumpism." There are 335 million Americans, some vast number of whom are eligible to run for office. Surely we could find two decent men or women of character to choose from, couldn't we? I'm certain we could.

A parishioner reminded me this morning of the following quote by William Wilberforce which sums up well our responsibility as Christians learning and thinking about issues such as these:

Having heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say that you did not know.
--William Wilberforce

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