I am an evangelical minister and I support Rand Paul

[jct74]

I am an evangelical minister and I support Rand Paul

THE REV. MARK DOLAND
June 22, 2015

As my wife and I have become more involved in the process of electing leaders, we have become more aware of political clichés that sound good in 10-second sound bites. But now we demand more substance. Before, it was enough if a candidate told me they were pro-life and pro-marriage; I could be won over fairly easily.

As I studied Rand Paul and his message, it became clear that there were some very real connections that I had with him on a personal level. As I vetted the 2016 candidates, I had a clear agenda to determine who addressed the real issues facing our nation. As a minister I see the tragedies in our communities.

Rand Paul is committed to reforming our broken criminal justice system. We are feeling the shock waves through our culture because it wasn’t addressed sooner. I strongly believe that the punishment should fit the crime.

When I was 13 years old I met my biological father for the first time. I developed a relationship and bonded with him. It was something I had dreamed about. Two years later, my father was arrested for conspiracy charges on drug trafficking. As a young man in an impressionable stage, it caused a crisis in my life. My dream was annihilated.

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read more:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...ngelical-minister-support-rand-paul/29144105/

 

[Aratus]

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[Ronin Truth]

What politicians did Jesus support?

 

[mz10]

What else needs to be said? Tremendous article.

 

[eleganz]

He convinced a pastor that they don't need government to do their bidding, wow.

 

[Sola_Fide]

In a recent meeting full of the evangelical movement’s top leaders, Rand humbly answered a question as to how he is going to answer fix our moral crisis. His answer: “If you are looking to Washington, D.C., for answers on the moral crisis of our country, you’re looking in the wrong place. I believe that they can better be addressed from the pulpits and assemblies where people of faith are gathered.”

With that answer, it gave me a window into the soul of a man that has a biblical worldview on how the church and the government were designed to work in harmony with one another. My wife and I believe that Rand Paul is uniquely qualified to lead us on a path back to the righteousness that our country once enjoyed.

He's right. I hope more "Christians" out there understand that it is government that destroys the family and faith of a people.

When Rand said in the Faith and Freedom Speech recently that people are forgetting where salvation comes from (they think it comes from government and not God), he was exactly right. I thought he might have been reading my signature line .