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Former chief counsel to President Richard Nixon, Watergate obstructor of justice, and founder of Prison Fellowship Chuck Colson recently gave some advice to his comrades on the religious right:

I see the new year as a time of great hopefulness. Though we’ll face a major contest getting the Federal Marriage Amendment through the Senate, our cause has been strengthened greatly by having a president who is committed to fight for it and by the referenda in eleven states in which the people spoke so clearly. We also have more pro-life members of the House and Senate. We won’t win all of our battles, but we’re likely to make progress in a number of areas.

We also, however, face a sobering question. Evangelicals have come back into the limelight. Talking heads are commenting on the increasing power of “values voters” and conservative Christians. And to listen to some Christians, one gets the idea that this is the time for our political payback.

So the question is this: Can we handle success and increased influence with grace and prudence?

The sad fact is that all Christians are susceptible to worldly wiles. In fact, sad to say, the Church has managed to shoot itself in the foot almost every time it has achieved power in society.

So what we need most right now is a bracing dose of humility. We’re not a labor union, lining up for our share of the spoils after the election. We are the Church. Our job is to bring biblical truth to bear in society; to win people to Christ; and to promote righteousness and justice. We serve the King of kings, no mere temporal king.

Good to see all the lunatics are following his lead down in Florida.