Representing a Biblical Worldview

Another question for my faithful readers...what is wrong w/ the follow statements.

A republican governments responsibility (like America) is to, within the realm of practicality, represent the wants and beliefs of the majority (there are obviously certain inherent rights that they protect that wouldn't change even if the majority disagreed. Government wouldn't legalize murder if 51% decided it was cool.) Therefore, as Christians, our PRIORITY should be to, through witnessing and evangelizing, attempt to influence the people, the mob, for Christ. The governments would then HAVE to represent a biblical worldview. If they didn't, we simply would not reelect them. But my history professor, Thomas Reid, would be quick to point out that politicians will never not represent the majority. They can't afford to.


And yes I understand that I used a double negative in the second to last sentence, Doug. You don't have to list that fact as one of the problems with those statements :-).

Election (part 2)

Well here's part 2 of the post about election. Well actually I guess this is part 1 as far as election goes since we've established that the last past had little to nothing to do with election (the U of tulip) but instead had more to do with the T of tulip, total depravity.

The second part probably isn't going to be very theological at all, but more personal. One of the biggest problems a lot of people have with election is that it demotivates people from preaching the Gospel. After all, if God has elected someone then that person will be saved. Whether or not I preach the Gospel to them has no effect on the fact that they are called by God.

The obvious answer to that is that, hello, GOD TOLD US TO PREACH! Evangelizing shouldn't be about whether people get saved anyway, it should be about obeying the command of God. So, really, why do we even think about election in this aspect?

The reality is, however, that we do. I know I do all the time. So my question is, what do you guys do when you don't feel like evangelizing (whether it's b/c you lack motivation, you're being lazy, fear of man anything.) Any answer will help since evangelizing isn't my strong suit.