"Politicked," part two

I really am getting excited about next year … everywhere I turn, it’s commentary on politics. It will be cool, come January, to have the first African-American president in the USA. A living, breathing embodiment of our melting-pot nation.

But most of the conflict I witness is Republic/conservative vs. Democrat/liberal. Even today I read a blog about why Donald Miller voted for Obama, and the comments people left even called his salvation into question because of his vote.
Is it just me, or do you hear this kind of attack and counter-attack too? I hear Christians on both sides of the party debate, although generally I hear it said that you can’t be a good Christian and a Democrat. Apparently in his day, Jesus and the disciples voted Republican. I guess when he comes back he will again.

Here’s a quote I found from a famous Christian author writing to conservatives about their conflict with liberals from way back in the day:

Don’t forget that you used to be outsiders too. You lived in the world without God and without hope. Christ himself has made peace between us by making us all one people. He has broken down the wall of hostility that used to separate us. By his death he ended the whole system that excluded people. His purpose was to make peace by creating in himself one new person from different groups. …Our hostility toward each other has been put to death! Now all of us may come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.

Can you guess who the author was? It was Paul, writing to the Ephesians about how Jews and Gentiles wanted to rip each other apart and that their division only damaged their hearts and denied Christ. He said this all in Ephesians two, verses eleven through fourteen in the NLT.

What do you think? Does it apply today too?