I am not trying to be political (though I faithfully vote, pray about election choices, try to be a good citizen), but I am guessing that by now, most, if not all of you have heard the name James Talarico in the news. He is a member of the Texas House of Representatives and is running in a highly publicized race to be a U.S. Senator from Texas as the Democratic nominee.

One of the many blessings we have as followers of Christ is freedom. As Christians and Americans, we get to celebrate two kinds of freedom: one as a political nation (“with liberty and justice for all”; freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to peaceably assemble, to petition the government for redress of grievances, from unreasonable search and seizure, etc.), but the greater freedom is as a holy nation (God’s people in the church—1 Peter 2:9).

I have received the Baptist Press email for years. It is the official news service of the Southern Baptist Convention and the largest religious news agency in the U.S. It provides daily news, features, and opinions regarding Southern Baptist missions, ministry, and evangelical concerns globally. One of its features is a daily cartoon by Pastor Joe McKeever, who pastored churches for 60 years, was a missions leader, and is a cartoonist.