Many Christians at election season scratch their head and wonder exactly what sort of principles are to guide them as they face the ballot box.
This is particularly true at this election season, not only in the UK with 'Brexit' but also in America as citizens here begin to face up to the likely options that they will have on the table. What does it mean for a Christian to vote his or her conscience? What sort of guidelines can be given regarding voting that do not stray over the line of partisanship?
That last question needs underlining. I was told once by a very senior politician, and a strong godly evangelical leader, that he had received a particularly telling piece of advice from Lloyd-Jones regarding his burgeoning political career. The 'Doctor' told him that while his Christian faith must inform his political service (as it must inform and shape every other part of his life), he must also be very careful to ensure that he never associated Christian commitment absolutely with his party affiliation. He was never to give the impression that the only way to be a Christian was to vote for his own political party. That line has often been crossed, and rarely without detriment to the witness of the gospel, except perhaps in extreme cases of moral evil of the worst kind.
