Politics and the Christian Faith
I have avoided politics like the plague since my first post on this blog, but I am starting to reconsider that approach . This brief post will begin to wrestle with those ideas. Some say that Christians should avoid all political issues and just focus on preaching the gospel in order to make disciples. Where political issues touch on moral issues addressed by the Bible, Christians must preach ‘politics’ to be faithful to Christ. We are to make disciples by baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and by teaching them to obey all things that Christ has commanded them to do (See Matthew Chapter 28.). Therefore, there is no strong separation of church and state as all moral issues should be addressed. There are religious matters that are not the business of the state, but there are no moral issues that God’s Word does not address. So, in a Democratic Republic like the USA, the Christian should be involved in politics to be faithful to Christ. ...