Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Is there a political solution to the abortion issue?" at the 2011 Kingdom Advisors Annual Conference.

I am liberal on some issues and conservative on others, and I don’t care a bit which label falls on me. I am seeking to follow Christ, and it doesn’t matter if I sometimes sound Democratic and other times Republican. As for abortion, I oppose it for one simple reason: that it is the killing of innocent children.

To say that the acknowledgement of the moral implications and aspects of abortion are “an offering of good will and common ground” sounds nice, but William Wilberforce and his fellow abolitionists were constantly told this by those who wanted to massage slavery and tweak it here and there and maybe improve the conditions a little on the slave ships.

I have long been concerned about the tendency for Bible believing Christians to confuse conservativism and speaking “Christian language” with a true relationship and walk with Jesus Christ.

Some believers might wonder how involved they should be in trying to influence moral change in our culture, or how much attention Christians should give to politics.

Randy Alcorn answer the question, "Why is it crucial that we are first and foremost Christians, not liberals or conservatives?"

Conservatives emphasize truth (morals), liberals emphasize grace (compassion).

The filthiness of our national politics has brought to my mind a question put to me nearly 20 years ago by one of my teachers. “Don’t you think there is more lying in politics than there used to be?” he asked. “Why do you think that this is happening?”

Conservatism is popular among American evangelicals. In the moral realm that encourages me. In the political realm, I have mixed feelings.