President Joe Biden poses for his official portrait Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in the Library of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Joe Biden always has someone or something else to blame for the string of calamities occurring on his watch: Putin, greedy oil companies, the war in Ukraine, “meat conglomerates,” the pandemic, Trump, even “people’s psychology.” Nothing is ever his fault; it’s always the other guy.
Even in a best-case scenario in which all this self-serving blame-shifting were 100 percent accurate (hint: it isn’t), we still would be left with a president who is slave to the actions and events of others. In short, we would have a leader who cannot lead.
We elect presidents to guide us through crises, not complain about them and claim our hands are tied. One final thought: What if Biden were president during the Civil War, World War II, or the Cold War? What do you think our country would look like today?
Elections matter.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century
A gripping, hard-hitting overview of issues confronting the spread of the world's most global faith. Includes discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.
"Necessary reading."
Scott Moreau, Wheaton College and Evangelical Missions Quarterly
