If conservative evangelicals are going to vote this fall to limit the size of government, they must also be willing to step into the vacuum and show America’s poverty slaves how to make their own way in the world. Otherwise the vote is merely loving ourselves, not loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Transforming lives and communities is even more important than keeping government in check. Transformation is our mission.
Expanded version here: http://divorcingchrist2.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/stay-the-course-and-be-saved/