The March 19th Primary Election is just a few days away. Early voting is ongoing, but will come to an end on Monday, March 18th. As in every election cycle, this election is critical for Illinois, and it is crucial that you select those who you would trust to make the laws, many of which will directly affect your family.

We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is for Christians to be good stewards of God’s amazing gift of self-government and exercise our civic duty to vote in each and every election, including the primary where voter turnout is always very low.

Exodus 18:21 gives us a great guideline of what to look for in a candidate.

Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain;

Even if there are only a few who would fit the Exodus mandate, there are other races on your ballot plus often a referendum question that might be very important to you.

We are blessed in this nation to be able to choose our government leaders. We must do all that we can to ensure that men and women are elected who understand that our nation is great because of the Christian foundation that was laid by the Founders and that we must uphold those same principles if we are to remain a great nation.