One of the strategies of the Left is to intimidate Christians into silence, bully us into leaving the battle for our country, and frighten us into not voting. Sadly, the strategy often works.
 
Some churches are flying LGBTQ flags. Those churches are lost. I don’t know what they’re worshiping, but it’s not Jesus Christ.
 
There are other churches that even now will not do something as simple as voter registration drives. (Is yours?) They won’t rally with like-minded churches to motivate and organize people of faith for the battle for the hearts and minds of our children.
 
Too many churches are not explaining how moral issues—the sanctity of life, the meaning of marriage, religious liberty, why socialism is such a threat—impact our families and our faith.
 
“That’s politics, and the Church shouldn’t be involved in politics,” they claim. No, it isn’t “politics” any more than slavery was “politics.”
 
We just saw another example of this intimidation strategy when newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche got a taste of Left’s smear machine.
 
Several days before his confirmation vote, Blanche participated in a conference call with our friends at the Christian prayer ministry Intercessors for America. I have spoken on their calls multiple times. Blanche said the Trump Justice Department was working to permanently protect pro-life state laws that are now allowed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
 
He said he wants God to be “front and center again” in American life, adding, “because that’s exactly what this country was founded on.” The jackals came at him immediately. Atheist groups slammed Blanche for his “shocking Christian nationalist views.”
 
Blanche didn’t say anything “shocking” or radical. But the Left’s reaction is revealing. They want to smear anyone who loves Jesus and loves America.
 
But we are required as Americans to feel a great obligation to and love for the country we live in. It is a lovely country, meaning it is worthy of our love and protection. We need to love the God of the Bible and His Son, Jesus Christ, and we need to be vocal about it.
 
Too many “Nervous Nelly” pastors and leaders of Christian groups have withdrawn from the political and public policy battles because they’re afraid of being called a “Christian nationalist.” They have toned down what they say, or they go out of their way to repeatedly say, “I’m not a Christian nationalist.”
 
We should not hesitate to cite how our faith influences what we believe about the sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, the truth of sex and gender, religious liberty and the threat of socialism. 
 
Christians cannot be cowards. Revelation 21:8 lists those who will be cast into the lake of fire. First on the list is cowards. We must defend our freedom at the ballot box, or we will lose it. Be not afraid!
 
If you are not registered to vote, go to VOTE.gov now.