Sarah Palin, a name synonymous with not just change, but dynamic change which hasn’t happened since Ronald Reagan vanquished Jimmy Carter in 1980 and swamped Walter Mondale four years later 49 to 1. During the eight years of Reagan, the nation experienced a rebirth in economics and national pride. The change based on solid values brought real hope instead of just words that never identifies what the change will be or what constitutes hope.

Now let’s go back for a few words which Joseph Farah wrote for his web site World Net Daily. He has a campaign asking that people not vote for either McCain or Obama and he also says that four years of Obama wouldn’t be as disastrous as it would be with McCain. He made a good argument for his idea but he left out one item, Supreme Court appointments. We know the kind of people Obama would nominate for the court. Though we could recover from Obama and his anti-American big government ideology, his appointments to the court would devil us for years, and I do mean devil in all of its connotations. As a nation, recovery from such a debacle might be insurmountable.

Next, Alan Keyes WND, has taken issue with Sarah Palin, using Bible verses to support his position. That’s all well and good, but Keyes shows a lack of understanding of the Bible and the issues involved. He quotes 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 to prove that Sarah shouldn’t have thrown in with immoral of the nation and misuses the verse in an attempt to prove his assertion. The verse is speaking to those Christians in Corinth who were induced to engage in the ways of the world as a matter of daily living, telling them that as members of the body of Christ not to identify with the infidels and not to be influenced by them. It has nothing to do with the placing of oneself under an immoral authority or engaging in government work.

Keyes went further with … Christ surrendered to the temporal authority of the wicked in order to win salvation for the faithful, whereas she risks spoiling the salvation of the faithful in order to help those who have abandoned God's authority win temporal authority over them. To believe what Keyes wrote is to say that being a part of constitutional government is sinful and is promoting immorality. Further, Keyes needs to explain how she can spoil the salvation of the faithful. To believe what Keyes says means that it would be impossible for a Christian to conduct business of any kind, anywhere at anytime or be an influence on the government. Jesus said in Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven, and he didn’t say that it couldn’t be done by being in government. Keyes should check with Romans 13:1-4. It should be obvious to Alan Keyes that the root problem of our nation’s trouble is that of not having believers working in political office. Would he have infidels to continue to lead us?

Yes, Palin has made mistakes but she is not perfect to the same degree that Keyes isn’t perfect, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) God has used imperfect people to carry his message ever since he created the world. God guided the men who founded this nation and he has guided men and women ever since. God has raised people up to lead our nation in troubled times. God isn’t through with this nation and he will continue to bring people to the fore to lead us in this time of need; people who will oppose those such as Barack Hussein Obama who is spewing evil. Sarah Palin is that one. She is a woman who has the liberals and the devil followers on the run. We pray that it continues.

The people want change. In Sorting It Out, God has sent one who promises dynamic change, change we can believe in and one that renews our hope for a return to godly ways in a sensible government.

© 09-05-2008 DEC