Faith, Public Policy, and Saving Human Lives.

In a time when unborn children continue to be aborted at a horrific rate of 1.31 million babies per year, elderly Americans are under increasing pressure to "step aside" and be euthanized, and policy wonks whisper about an imminent need to ration health care and to withhold it from those "unworthy" of that care. In his book The New Absolutes, William Watkins notes that we have slipped from a "procreation generation" to a "termination generation" in a matter of decades.

When it comes to restoring the most fundamental value - - the sanctity of human life - - there are no "red states" or "blue states." But there is a bottom line: Don't vote your geographic origins. Don't vote your denominational affiliation. Don't vote your pocketbook. Don't vote your party.

Instead become informed about the various candidates' positions on the issues, then cast your ballot according to your values, your convictions, and your beliefs. The threat to our culture is far too important for those who are Christians to ignore their responsibility in November.

Most of today's pundits and politicians refuse to acknowledge this concern about our culture. And the truth is that for too many years, the withdrawal of evangelicals from social and political engagement contributed to many of our nation's problems. That voluntary withdrawal, however, has ended.

Pro-life Christians have come to realize that the New Testament teaches us that we are citizens of two realms, the earthly and spiritual, and they have rights and responsibilities in both spheres. Rather than "Christian citizens," we at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission have encouraged believers to consider themselves "citizen Christians."

In this election year, the reality of what it means to be a citizen Christian should be apparent to every Christian. Chief among our concerns about the disintegrating moral fabric ...