Timothy R. Butler<p><a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Wolfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wolfe</span></a> misses the point, as usual. There's a difference between opposing a genocidal maniac named <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> while promoting keeping our country's promises (the U.S. committed to protect <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> decades ago in the name of nuclear disarmament) versus prioritizing the "what's in it for me" attitude of so much of domestic politics.</p><p>I speak on _issues_, while rejecting partisan affiliation. I'll champion the case of the <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/unborn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unborn</span></a>, the elderly and, yes, those wrongly oppressed in Ukraine. I'll champion freedom, which includes the freedom to <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Evangelize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelize</span></a> and disciple in the <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Gospel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gospel</span></a>. </p><p>What you won't see me champion is my preferred tax policy. Or see me constantly get high on outrage porn about whether I'm being persecuted or not. Christians in Ukraine are being persecuted by Putin. Christians in China are being persecuted by Xi.</p><p>Christians need to spend more time championing core moral principles of Bible, rather than just culture warring and compromising virtue to "win" said war. Stand for the poor and oppressed. Oppose those who blaspheme Christ by cloaking their murderous regimes with the Cross, e.g. Putin.</p>