I have a pension for doing those completely unreliable online personality test. I was up for a few minutes reading on the ’08 candidates and decided I would take a test on the link of one the candidate’s sons. According to the poll it said I was 52% Republican. To quote Seinfield “not that there is anything wrong with that.”

I generally do vote Republican but I hope my political values aren’t ever blindly aligned to any earthly party but instead are hopefully always aligned to the Kingdom of God. What bothers me about the results of the test, is that the author probably is assuming that certain secondary and tertiary issues are what defines a persons political views. I don’t get why people think that Christian values neatly fit into only one category or party. When you look at both parties they both have people and values that do line up well with Christian values. I think God wants us to be involved in politics (part of the whole subdue the earth theme in Genesis 1:26) but not obsessed with politics (Genesis 11:5-9). I choose to align with the Republicans because I consider them a bit closer on articulating a respect for life, balanced fiscal policies, and limited government. Although over the last few years those values are certainly not be articulated by the rising stars. I do not tow the party line or back candidates blindly. I agree with those who think our current President has made some horrible mistakes. I believe that the RNC is searching for its identity and it is most certainly not without flaws. Republicans generally put to much stock in the goodness of capitalism. Capitalism is a mixed bag, it does foster freedom but it also leads to greed and corruption. Many republicans wouldn’t agree with that idea. The Democrats aren’t without their faults as well. For as much as many of them talk about helping the poor and impoverished their current leadership surely is not leading by example. See this link about John Edward’s 400 dollar haircut. I pay 10 bucks for mine and I support a true local businessman. I feel too many democratic leaders are promising to bring heaven to Earth. Indeed we should make all of our nations more attuned to God’s standard for government (see Romans 13) but we should realize that no earthly government can bring paradise to the Earth.

Neither party is without faults nor am I sure either party truly get the values of those who vote for them especially Christians. Politics and God do mix but never nicely. There is always a tension especially for Christians. Christians should do their best to make sure those who they vote reflects God’s values. All of us who profess to be a follower of Christ should seriously ask does our preferred candidate appear and profess without apology a pro-Jesus message, do their values match that of God’s word, and are they striving to make their administration make this world a better place to live.