The Question: Jeremiah Wright's sermons continue to be an issue in the presidential campaign. Why? What do you think of his preaching style? What do you wish you understood better about it?

If there’s anything redeeming about the Jeremiah Wright controversy, it is that it may lead to a long-overdue national discussion of race and reconciliation.

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The longer any campaign goes on—and nowadays they're almost perpetual—the more the charges and counter-charges build up. It's unavoidable in year-long campaigns that a lot of the negative stuff would stick. So the figures do not surprise me.

The more important question is, does integrity matter in a president? Having served one flawed president and known a number of others, I would, if I had to make a choice, far rather see character than competence. Integrity goes to the very heart of what a person is. His or her policies may be very attractive, but if he or she can't be trusted, the policies won't matter.

And a candidate's personal life, while privacy should be respected, is fair game because it informs us on matter of character and integrity.

Today's evangelical movement has its roots in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The "Reformers" were those who called Christians back to biblical fidelity, to the original apostolic teaching, and sought reform of what was believed to be a cumbersome and in some ways corrupt church hierarchy.

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As a Christian I believe the Bible, which is unambiguous that sex outside of marriage is a sin. There is no way that any Bible-believing Christian can accommodate shifting social values to compromise clear biblical teaching.

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