Open your Bible…Read it…Believe it…Then vote like you believe it!! *********************************** DOES YOUR PARTY MATCH YOUR BIBLE? Forget Republican and Democrat for a minute and open the Bible. Then ask yourself a question most people never want to ask: does what I support politically actually line up with what I claim to believe biblically? Start with abortion. Abortion kills an unborn child. You can call it healthcare, reproductive freedom, or choice, but changing the words does not change what happens. Psalm 139:13 says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Proverbs 6:16-17 says the Lord hates “hands that shed innocent blood.” That is pretty plain. The Bible recognizes life in the womb as something God knows, forms, and values. Republicans argue that unborn life deserves legal protection. Democrats argue that abortion should remain a protected personal choice. You do not need me to tell you which one fits those verses better. Read them and answer it yourself. Now look at sex and gender. Genesis 1:27 says, “Male and female he created them.” That is not complicated. God created male and female. A man does not become a woman because he says he is one, and a woman does not become a man because she feels like one. Feelings do not change biology, and politics does not rewrite creation. The Democratic Party has embraced gender identity as something government should recognize and protect, feelings over facts. Republicans have taken the position that gender is male and female only. Again, forget the party labels. Read Genesis 1:27 and ask yourself which philosophy sounds closer to what the Bible actually says. Marriage is just as clear. Jesus said in Matthew 19:4-5, “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?” Jesus did not leave much room for confusion there. Male and female. A man and his wife. You can disagree with me. You can disagree with a political party. But if your political beliefs force you to explain away the plain words of Jesus, then the problem is bigger than politics. Now look at children and parents. Deuteronomy 6 puts the responsibility of teaching children on the family. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Ephesians 6:4 tells fathers to bring their children up in the training and instruction of the Lord. God gave children to parents. He did not give them first to teachers, counselors, activists, bureaucrats, or government agencies. That does not mean schools have no role. It means Mama and Daddy come first. Republicans generally argue that parents should have the final say in their children’s education and major decisions involving them. Democrats have increasingly defended policies that give schools and institutions more room to act independently on issues involving gender and identity. Once again, put the politics aside and ask yourself whether your party’s position matches the biblical order. Then there is work and responsibility. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” Notice the word unwilling. The Bible commands us to care for widows, orphans, the poor, the disabled, and people who truly need help. James 1:27 makes that clear. But the Bible also teaches personal responsibility. 1 Timothy 5:8 says, “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” The Bible teaches compassion, but it also teaches work, responsibility, family, and stewardship. Helping somebody who cannot help themselves is Christian. Teaching able-bodied people that government owes them everything