The state is not here to service the church and enforce her laws. The church is here to serve the state or, more accurately, the people therein.

We were never meant to fight issues like abortion through the courts and the halls of lawmaking. We were meant to weep on our knees before God over the loss of unborn lives. And, while weeping, hold the hand of the woman seeking an abortion and defend her right to choose. In doing so we can say with our actions “we are here for you and your choices; look at our lives – there is another way”.

If we cannot point to another way through our lives and actions, we have no business condemning others when they fail to follow a path that we ourselves have yet to demonstrate.

Is it not written in the book of Romans, “who are you to judge another man’s servant?” If we are not to even judge our fellow servants in Christ, how much less are we supposed to judge those that serve any other authority?

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