Daily Verse | 1 Thessalonians 2:16
In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.

Wednesday’s Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1-3

It’s Wednesday and we now we know that the Democrats gained a U.S. Senate seat after Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker in Georgia’s runoff election for Senate. It’s like a gut-punch after every indication pointed to a “red wave” in November’s election, only to have a pale, pink trickle dribble out of the voting booth.

Neither Warnock nor Walker are particularly inspiring candidates. Warnock is a divorcé accused of harming his ex; a confessing Christian but an obviously morally corrupt “pastor” of Ebenezer Baptist Church (pastored from 1960-1968 by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) who recently justified abortion because “it’s exactly what Jesus would do.” On the other hand, Herschel Walker is a confessing Christian who is also a divorcé who seems to have fathered a number of children with several different women.

The only redeeming value either of them had in this race was the “D” or “R” by their name.

Walker conceded the race to Warnock and won’t contest the loss. That gives the Democrats a 51-49 margin in the upper chamber, meaning it will be easier to get their bills passed instead of being stymied by one rogue senator. Meh. Democrats seem to have all the help they need from UniParty Republicans anyway.

My takeaway from this last election cycle is this: we tried to pump the brakes on this runaway freight train, but our foot went right to the floor.

Will there be some friction left on the brake pads going into 2023? Sure, it seems to be grabbing in the House, but it’s not going to do much. The whole thing needs to be burned down and rebuilt from scratch.