In many ways, this election, like the 2016 election before it, is a moral calculation for Christians. Do we vote for a man whose character is lacking, whose words and actions are unbecoming of the office he holds, but whose policies have helped advance principles upon which Christians depend? Or do we vote for the candidate who is stable, whose rhetoric would hopefully unite us rather than divide, but whose policies would undermine all of the things Christians claim to believe in and love?

Some look at this predicament and argue that the choice between President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is really between immediate and long-term success. Trump’s reelection might be good for the church and the pro-life movement right now, but a Biden presidency would bring back the decency and stability that a conservative culture needs to thrive.