After Obama won Tuesday I had intended to post an immediate blog response titled, "The Morning After: A Bitter Pill to Swallow." But now that a couple of days have passed, I'll forgo writing a response with that clever but perhaps too reactive title. I think I need to reflect more before I say anything else about Obama's election.
In the meantime I have been reading various Christian responses to the election from around the blogosphere. I think there have been some helpful, edifying and sometimes eloquent thoughts expressed.
One of the most powerful words comes from an African-American believer Eric Redmond, who chose to vote according to Christian principles, despite having reservations about John McCain and feeling the temptation as an African-American to join with many others in his community to support Obama. In casting his vote Redmond chose to be, as he says, "Christocentric" rather than "Afrocentric".
He writes:
I made two very difficult choices: First, I chose to vote rather than stay home. Second, I voted for lives of the unborn rather than for approval from the vast majority of my own ethnic community. The latter choice took the risk of being reproached for the name of Christ, for I only voted for life because of the fear of my Lord
Read the rest, Eric Redmond: "Living Soli Deo Gloria Under Obama"
Below, some other articles I think are challenging and raise good questions about how Christian evangelicals ought to proceed with an Obama administration soon to be in place. Notice different opinions about strategy being expressed; for example, between Scott Klusendorf and Phil Johnson.
Thoughts on the Day After an Historic Election by James White
America Has Chosen a President by Al Mohler
A Familiar Can of Worms-Why not both/and? A short diatribe in thirteen fourteen points
by Phil Johnson
President-Elect Obama by Kim Riddlebarger
Here is the King Whom You Have Asked For
Yes We Can...not really by Steve Camp
Stayin Alive: Pro-Life Advocacy in the Obama Era. An Interview with Scott Klusendorf
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