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Asking a citizen whether faith should influence the way in which he votes is like asking a man whether his belief that his chair will support his weight should influence his choice to sit in it. A man's faith is the lens of life through which he views his future and the vehicle that takes him there. Faith turns theory into practice. When a citizen casts his vote, he is merely applying what he believes. Faith is what brings a man to the ballot box on voting day.

How can faith not influence a citizen's vote?" Doesn't every man believe in something? There are those who esteem a higher power and look to that eminence as a yardstick by which to measure the correctness of their actions. Others claim to have faith in nothing, which is really the same thing as saying, "I believe only in myself." Would we not rather that a man who casts his vote does so because he believes in one of the candidates? Such a question hints at the fundamental reality that faith is what makes our actions intentional and not arbitrary. It cannot be divorced from the choices we make just because we fear its deity.

Like it or not, faith does influence a citizen's vote. The Bible, regarded by many as a source of great wisdom, teaches us that faith is a gift that is imparted to the human spirit. Without it, there is no spiritual life and no way to communicate with the Giver of the gift. Hebrews 11:6 lends significant weight to this argument because it tells us that without faith, it is impossible for a human being to please God. If this is true, then faith is a necessary ingredient in making those kinds of decisions that call us to the accountability of someone or something greater than ourselves. Whether you believe in God or not, attempting to restrict the resource of faith from the decision-making process makes no more sense than trying to choose a position on the issue of abortion without the aid of moral compass.

We live in a post-modern culture where few absolutes exist and where human reason takes precedence over Divine truth. How then, do we anchor ourselves into such winds of change? How do we withstand the phenomenal influence of those who believe that faith is a life force that should be contained within the spiritual? And how should we address the misconception that reliance upon an object of conviction is a misguided notion that should not be allowed to influence the choices that we make?

The real uncertainty behind questioning whether faith should influence any aspect of life,

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