I fear many of the louder, more public Christian voices have lost the plot this election season. Somewhere along the way, man turned Jesus into a political instrument rather than the example we’re called to follow. Our duty as Christians is not to police God’s rules on His behalf. It’s to love God and love people, in every meaningful sense of the word. Love protects. Love serves. Love seeks justice, extends mercy, tells the truth, and recognizes the dignity of every human being. Kind, patient. Shouldn’t our approach to public policy begin there, too? Not with how much of our religious morality we can impose on others, but with how we can build a society that most faithfully practices love toward them. Jesus didn’t command us to control our neighbors. He commanded us to love them.