Why Christians Must Care about Politics

There are number of things far more controversial than whether Christians ought to be involved with politics, and if so, to what degree and how that involvement must come about. In this episode, I break down two basic premises for thinking nicely about this subject:

1. Christians have the appropriate, politically talking, to advocate for our sights in the general public sq..

2. Christians have the contacting, spiritually speaking, to advocate for the very good of other individuals.

I then respond to seven typical objections to Christian political involvement. These (errant) ideas are sad to say found throughout Pastor Andy Stanley’s new reserve, Not In It to Get It, so I use rates from that guide as a circumstance research to clearly show the complications with this sort of contemplating. (To be apparent, these are problems I consider there are with what he wrote, not challenges he is presenting.)

The objections to involvement that I tackle are:

1. Men and women never like the church when we focus on politics.

2. Neither get together represents Christianity, so Christians shouldn’t be identified to be affiliated with a certain get together.

3. You just can’t improve people’s hearts by transforming guidelines.

4. Country transforming was not component of Jesus’s mission, so it shouldn’t be section of ours.

5. In “fighting” for our legal rights, we’re not putting other people initially.

6. Politics develop division and division is the enemy.

7. Politically involved Christians just want to “get our way” or get “power.”

There ARE harmful mixes of religion and politics, but which is not the matter of this episode (however I do acknowledge all those a bit as I address the previously mentioned details). My function right here is to tackle those who are cautioning Christians to stay out of politics in significant means. I believe that is a grave slip-up.

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