14-42 Get Out of the Pew | Why Christians Need to Vote
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Show 14-42 Summary: This week we bring you a very important show, one that could change the outcome: why Christians need to vote. In 2020 the official margin of victory was some 10 million votes. But all that was needed for an electoral college win was a few 10s of thousands in the swing states. A recent study, found that 73 million Christians might sit out the 2024 election. We talk Lew Wootan, a protestant/evangelical pastor, and Tommy Valentine, from CatholicVote, to get their perspectives on should Christians vote, why don’t they, and how do we get Christians to vote?
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Original Air Dates: October 19, 2024 | Guests: Lew Wootan & Tommy Valentine
This Week – Why Christians Need to Vote
Why do some people not take action when, if they did, they could have a major impact? And this is especially true of Christians. Who, ironically, are called to be the salt and light of the Earth. That doesn’t mean just standing there. It means doing something. Taking action.
And yet, according to one study, up to 73 million American Christians, may not vote in the 2024 election. Even if just half of them voted it would ensure victory against a Kamala Harris administration that has proven to be hostile to Christians and to Christianity. So why sit out the election?
This week we talk about should Christians vote, why don’t Christians vote, and how do we get Christians to vote. It’s time to get out of the pew and into the voting booth.
Why Christians Need to Vote: Protestant/Evangelical Perspective
First up, we talk with Pastor Lew Wootan from The River Church in Salem, Oregon. Pastor Lew walks us through why Christians should definitely vote and be engaged. And some of the bad information that would encourage Christians not to vote. As Pastor Lew sees it, churches that are not engaged, and pastors that encourage Christians not to be engaged, have a wrong perception about the duty of Christians. Which is to be engaged and active rather than invisible.
Pastor Lew especially takes aim at the notion that we are to be “in the world but not of the world” and how that has been wrongly used to disengage Christians from society.
Tune in to hear from an evangelical perspective not just why Christians need to vote but why Christians absolutely need to vote.
Why Christians Need to Vote: Catholic Perspective
And then we talk with Tommy Valentine, the director of the Catholic Accountability Project at CatholicVote—the nation’s largest lay Catholic advocacy organization. Tommy helps lead CatholicVote’s efforts to keep a watchful eye on Catholic institutions and politicians—yes, we ask him about Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden—as well as defending Catholics in the public square.
CatholicVote came to our attention after several news sources broke the story that CBS refused to air their devastating ad against Kamala Harris’s attack on children. Including mutilating transgender surgeries.
Let’s not forget. The Biden/Harris administration has been openly hostile to Christians of all faiths. Biden/Kamala sent the FBI to spy on Christian parents who went to school board meetings to protest woke, anti-Christian ideology being pushed on their children. Biden and Kamala have defended pornography in school libraries. And they have completely destroyed the protections for girls and women in favor of biological men when they rewrote Title IX. (See our previous show on Biden/Harris destroying Title IX.)
GREAT post on X about Catholics being able to decide the election, and democrats’ open hostility toward Christians—especially Catholics, whom they label as “extremists.”
We get the Catholic perspective on why Christians need to vote in 2024. And some great ideas Catholic churches have to get Christians to vote — by bringing the voting booth into the church.
And don’t miss the discussion from both our guests about the spiritual war happening right now in America.
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Show Notes: Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
- The River Church’s website is www.TheRiverNW.com;
- CatholicVote, Tommy Valentine’s organization’s website is www.CatholicVote.org.
- Study: Millions of Christians not planning to vote this November, could shape election: Study (Just the News, October 7, 2024)
- “Christians could be the deciding factor in a bunch of federal and state races – and are choosing not to be.”
- Why (and how) Christians should vote (Christianity.com, September 22, 2020)
- “Christians have both a civic and a Christian responsibility to vote. … [To] vote is the beginning of our civic duty of Christians.”
- Great thread on X from CatholicVote, re democrats’ attacks on Catholics and that it must end – Example of the attacks Gov Whitmer, one of the most prominent democrats in the country mocking the Eucharist.
- Kamala’s Desperate Push For Black Voters, CBS Editing Scandal Gets Worse, And Plagiarism Experts. (CatholicVote, X, Oct 16, 2024)
Articles Mentioned
- Why Christians Should Vote (The Gospel Coalition, Nov 3, 2014)
- 3 reasons Why Christians Should Vote (The Christian Post, Sept 28, 2020)
- Should Christians vote? (Bible Ask, March 2016)
- 10 Shocking Reasons Christians should NOT Vote (Becoming Christians, Apr 24, 2016)
- We discuss two of them with Pastor Lew:
- We are called to be separate from the world
- There’s no worthy candidate. Hint: Christians recognize no Christian is perfect. So why do they expect a perfect candidate? It’s about better. Which candidate is better for Christian issues?
- We discuss two of them with Pastor Lew:
Related Info
- Data shows Oregon prescribed kids puberty blockers 613% more per capita than CA (Just the News, October 8, 2024)
- EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Harris Admin Paves Way For Bureaucrats To Take Gender-Confused Kids From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents (Daily Caller, X Thread, Oct 14, 2024 and Article on Daily Caller, Oct 14, 2024)