Christ Followers and Politics
I am publishing this long overdue post on the subject of Christians in politics. This is a timely, divisive topic; and I hope to treat it briefly but well. This post will justify a certain type of Christian political involvement based on the prevalence of moral issues in politics, the necessity to preach and teach concerning all moral issues, and the example of Christians in the Old and New Testaments. Along the way, it will comment on the applicability of the Bible to modern moral issues, briefly address The Johnson Amendment, and give some questions to ask that might provide guidance for a teacher or preacher. Many political issues are moral issues. Some seem to say that we cannot find an ethical principle in the Bible that addresses those modern moral issues, pull that principle out of its immediate historical context, and apply it to a modern moral situation. It would seem to me that if the Scripture leaves a "man of God...thoroughly equipped for every good work," th