THE DONALD:

• Should Christians Vote for Trump? Eric Metaxas writes in the Wall Street Journal “For many of us, this is very painful, pulling the lever for someone many think odious. But please consider this: A vote for Donald Trump is not necessarily a vote for Donald Trump himself. It is a vote for those who will be affected by the results of this election. Not to vote is to vote. God will not hold us guiltless.”
• The Evangelical Civil War: An Interview with Russell Moore. Francis Wilkinson writes “Russell Moore is not surprised. In 2015, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention warned his fellow conservative evangelical Christians about a political candidate whose entire life was devoted to egotism and materialism and whose “attitude toward women is that of a Bronze Age warlord.”
• Donald Trump has Created an Excruciating Moment for Evangelicals. Albert Mohler writes “Perhaps the best we can hope for in this sad election cycle with these two unsupportable candidates is that we do not allow a national disgrace to become the Great Evangelical Embarrassment.”
• Liberty University Students Protest Association with Trump. This article in the Washington Post states “The students at Liberty University wrote that they felt compelled to speak out in light of Falwell’s steadfast support for Trump even after the candidate’s comments about women and sexual assault.”
• Unfit for Power. Marvin Olasky and the Editors of World Magazine write “A Trump step-aside would be good for America’s moral standards in 2016. It’s still not too late to turn the current race between two unfit major party candidates into a contest fit for a great country.”
• Call Out Locker Room Talk for the Sin That It Is. Karen Swallow Prior writes “The very phrase “locker room talk” operates much the way sin operates. Give sin a name that minimizes and excuses its seriousness.”
• Seeking Clarity in This Confusing Election Season: Ten Thoughts. Kevin DeYoung writes “I hope these brief reflections will not be in the category of “stirring up,” but rather might provide some clarity about what Christians should agree on and what we may not have to agree on.”

TO MAKE YOU SMILE:

• Man Solemnly Bows Head to Check Playoff Baseball Score During Sermon. The Babylon Bee reports “According to witnesses at Second United Methodist Church, local man Greg Uttley was seen in a moment of solemn thoughtfulness Sunday morning, sincerely bowing his head during his pastor’s passionate sermon, in order to check the score of the morning NLDS matchup between the Nationals and the Dodgers on his smartphone.”
• Seeing And Savoring The All-Satisfying Goodness Of God In Those Little Mints At Olive Garden. The Babylon Bee publishes this Op-Ed piece from John Piper, which states in part “I submit that of all possible worlds our sovereign Lord could have created, He selected this one, as this universe gives Him the most glory—not least because of the satisfying abundance of His goodness showered upon us in the form of the tiny, custom-made mint-green creme candies smothered over a layer of chocolate that they give you at the end of each meal at Olive Garden.”

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