Every election cycle, especially presidential ones, the same line gets hauled back out onto the stage, dusted off, and presented as though it were a settled axiom of Christian political wisdom: we must vote for the lesser of two evils.

But here is the obvious question. Is that biblical?

Not is it common. Not is it strategic. Not is it what the consultants tell us. Is it biblical?

If we are going to talk about civil government, Christian responsibility, justice, and righteous leadership, then the place to start is not cable news, not campaign mailers, and not whatever panic the moment has served up. The place to start is the Word of God.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 gives us a remarkably clear pattern:

The people are responsible to appoint rulers, and those rulers are responsible to govern with justice.

And if we have ignored that pattern for generations, it should not surprise us that the result has been more corruption, more confusion, and more evil, not less.