What Happened
On November 3rd, Republicans suffered one of the most lopsided Midterm defeats in American political history. The GOP lost 30 House seats and at least 7 Senate seats. The results should send a message to American Christians about where their nation stands. Two years ago, when Trump won the presidency for a second time, it appeared that America might be turning in the right direction. In electing Trump, Americans seemingly rejected the radical agenda of Kamala Harris. But in only two short years, Americans went to the ballot box and cast a vote for that same Marxist agenda yet again.
I realize there are some expressing concerns over voter fraud. This is not a shock, given the Left will do anything to win (look no further than the shenanigans that were pulled in the 2020 election). Putting all that aside, there was still a larger percentage of Americans who voted for this dark agenda than two years before. The fact that so many Americans swung back to vote in a godless direction tells us about the darkness of our nation in 2026.
Let me specifically explain what we have learned.
Americans Are Easily Deceived
The Left’s major talking point was that the Iran War drove up gas prices. Furthermore, grocery and other expenses have been similarly high. The Democrats seized on this, stating they would lower prices, never explaining how they would do so. Leftists have historically advocated raising taxes and printing more money to deal with economic problems. As these deeply flawed economic policies take place, people have less money in their pockets, and prices are inevitably higher. Yet superficial Americans don’t look deep enough to understand these basic realities. With Democrats in power, most Americans will have far less buying power. All we have to do is look at Biden’s four years in office, when taxes were high and inflation at its highest. Furthermore, when you look at the most expensive states to live in America, they are blue states. If we spread those policies nationally, we become an impoverished nation.
Democrats repeatedly lie and never offer solutions to lowering costs because they know they won’t be lowered. America will only become even more of a welfare state. Scripture tells us to stay away from such things: “Watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive” (Romans 16:17-18).
Last week, two candidates, possibly even more radical than Kamala Harris, Abdul El Sayed, and James Talarico, were elected. Both hold values far out of step with biblical ethics and our nation’s founding. With their smooth talk, these men deceived tens of millions of voters into supporting an agenda that will be catastrophic to our nation if enacted.
Selfishness
The election results also show that many Americans are both shortsighted and selfish. I personally believe that Trump mismanaged the Iran conflict. He had two options before him: either do not engage with Iran before the midterms or finish the job that he started, placing the IRGC in a defeated position. But instead, Trump and his Administration got caught in no man’s land through excessive negotiation, which is something that never works with Islamists. The negotiation period allowed Iran to compete for the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz debacle seems to be what ultimately cost Republicans the midterms.
Though I believe this to be true, people need to understand where the US is at. Trump still has two years left to bring the conflict in Iran to a close. He and his administration can still accomplish their mission. But momentary spikes in fuel prices are what won the day for many. We learned that many Americans care more about their immediate felt needs than what might be better for their nation. Even if people disagree with Trump on some things (and many do), his policies are still much more in line with Scripture and common sense than the Democrats who seek to transform our Nation into something it’s never been.
Scripture tells us that in latter times this would be the condition of humanity: “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God” (2 Timothy 3:2-4). But we are told to follow the example of Jesus as we, “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4).
On November 3rd, we saw much short-sightedness and selfish desire. Even though things have been tight financially for many Americans, they were even tighter under Biden, and looking at the bigger picture should not have led Americans to impulsively vote for Democrats, like a “dog returning to its vomit” (Proverbs 26:11). Some voted out of anger at Trump for not fulfilling some of his campaign promises. But voting for Democrats will lead to utter calamity if they end up holding complete power. True patriots seek the greater good and look beyond their present frustrations to do what is best for the country. In their selfish anger, many hurt their country.
Darkness Over the Light
Whether swing voters or loyal Democrats, many voted for a dark agenda. Instead of prioritizing political policy that much more resembles biblical ethics, people voted for an agenda that is entirely out of step with biblical Christianity. Even before this midterm election, we knew we had a problem, but how much more afterward? The Democratic Party holds positions that are not just mildly evil, but enormously so. They have pushed and succeeded in implementing late-term abortion and gender-change surgery. No Christian nor any human with any decency should ever cast a vote for the most godless political party in American history. The Democratic Party is described well in John 8, where Jesus describes Satan as a liar and murderer (John 8:44). Yet tens of millions of Americans cast their vote for politicians who want his dark agenda to be public policy nationwide. Indeed, John’s gospel describes well that far too many people prefer evil over good: “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.” (John 3:19).
The American Church Has Lacked Impact on Society
One sad reality that we learned on November 3rd is that most Americans are on the wide path. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus described the world in this way, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Matthew 7:13-14).
The number of Americans who are truly heaven-bound is a minority, but others who are lost have enough common grace to recognize good versus evil. But the wider society, greatly influenced by Christianity, has declined in recent decades, and this was shown last week. The Church in America, largely speaking, has not been the salt and light that Jesus has called it to be (Matthew 5:13-16). The Church is making a difference, but the impact is far less than it could be in many places. There is a remnant of believers all over the earth, and their impact largely determines the ethics of the populace and politicians. The moral decay of America has been greatly increased by the absence of the Church’s influence. Because the Church has not fought enough for God’s truth in the public square, we have a large portion of our population that doesn’t know God’s law and holds almost entirely to secular values.
America Needs a True Awakening
We greatly need an awakening akin to what took place during the 18th century when men like George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards preached repentance and forgiveness of sins. The Great Awakening paved the way for America to free itself from the tyranny of Great Britain to become its own nation. It was the gospel and a return to the Bible that helped form one of the most moral, peaceful, and prosperous nations in the history of the world. The only way America can come back is if tens of millions of Christians rise and unite in pushing forth biblical ethics in the public square. This starts with pastors. A major grief I hold is that many pastors are not being clear on these issues with their people. I suspect this is often so because they have a sizeable percentage of Democrats in their church that they don’t want to offend. But in so doing, they are behaving cowardly. This cowardice helps create a populace that is godless and irresponsible. If their pastor is not bold in bringing the Bible to bear on the issues of our day, how can we expect those in the pew to be courageous with their neighbors?
Furthermore, the lack of clarity from the pulpit brings confusion to the people, so that some in evangelical churches think it is okay to cast a vote for Democrats. Some this confusion has been intentional. Men like Russell Moore, David French, and Tim Keller have pushed evangelicals in the Left’s direction.
November 3rd’s results show that the American Church has not been nearly effective enough at influencing the beliefs of the broader society. As the populace learns God’s law and sees the great damage modern idols in American society have caused, more people will come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. The American church does not need to choose between pushing God’s law in the public square and sharing the gospel. Both can and should be done. This is the only way that a true awakening will happen, and it is the only way to keep America from plunging into complete darkness in the years ahead.
We don’t know what the future holds. Darkness could overtake the US completely in 2028. However, American Christians need to fight for our nation by bringing the Bible to bear on the idolatry that is destroying our land.
May we not disobey Christ through ineffectiveness at this crucial time in our nation’s history.