https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49706 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:26:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49706 I think this best answers what the media is asking!
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264771/american-uprising-daniel-greenfield

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49704 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:19:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49704 Thank you Kathleen. Perhaps the most complex election I can remember.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49705 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:19:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49705 Great perspective!

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49703 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:18:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49703 Yes, Ryan, I agree with you on the need for teaching on this. Ideally this should be done over the long-term so that principles can be defined and policies critiqued before it becomes too personal in terms of who the candidates are. Nearer an election, these principles can then be referred to again to help people make their decisions with a good conscience.

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]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49693 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:57:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49693 I appreciate this post, Dr. Murray. I agree that pastors may lose “gospel capital” by revealing who they will vote for. However, this raises a question. An election is certainly a ripe opportunity for discipleship, helping friends/congregants think through issues and how their vote translates into loving neighbor. Do you have any reflections or advice on how to disciple/train/lead a congregation through these important matters without losing gospel capital? Thanks!

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49692 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:12:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49692 Kudos to you Dr. Murray, this might be the very best piece written to date by a minister with a public platform. I’ve been wondering when someone well known would do this … discuss the election yet refrain from telling people who they’re going to vote for. By stating things such as “I’d never vote for _________ or ________ but I would vote for _________ they are essentially influencing others to follow them as they take the moral high ground. This hasn’t been very helpful whatsoever.
There’s been so much shaming, blaming, accusing, abusing, it’s been astounding! It’s a complex election & who to vote for or whether to vote at all is an issue many believers are having to grapple with. May your gentle words & guiding your readers Godward help us as we do.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/11/07/if-i-could-vote-id-vote-for/#comment-49691 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:37:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24987#comment-49691 “There are ministers and Christian leaders who are going to find it very difficult to recover from their 2016 stances.” I think that, when pastors and leaders get all heated up over their views, the real loss lies in their lack of confidence in God Himself! Frankly, I’m more relaxed this election cycle than the last. God will not be stopped.

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