The two institutions which built the American Republic were the Christian family and the colonial pulpit. From our early days in Jamestown and Plymouth, and throughout our history well into the 19th century, before selecting their civil leaders, families gathered in their local congregations for sermons on the duties of the magistrate before the Lord, and the criterion whereby citizen may select such men for office. These messages were called Election Day sermons, and they were the vehicle whereby the local church communicated to the Christian people of the land the God-ordained vision for selecting as leaders only those men who fear the Lord.
This Sunday I preached an election sermon in my local church. To see the outline click here.