I am staying home as I refuse to consent to the “lesser of two evils”, as you say. Well, I’m not actually staying home but I am making better use of my time than to submit blank votes.

Were there a command to vote, I would do so; no command to be found I will abstain until such time as a true Christian (not just in name to get some ‘conservative/evangelical votes’) comes forward to request my support.

I find the idea of comparing a father ruling his home to a modern politician ruling his fifedom problematic. You see, the politicians who want my vote to rule will not acknowldege Christ publicly and submit when found to rule in error and in opposition to the word and law of God. I will.

Thus, when you state “Let us not expect more from those who exercise the sword than we expect from ourselves” I say, amen! But I will not assent to the idea that I have any obligation to expect less from those that excersise the sword than I do from myself. Rather, I would contend that to “whom much is given…” applies here; we must demand godly rulers because if one has the power of the sword, does it not follow that “much is expected”?