If you say you are a Christian, it is not an option – you must begin with theology (who is God, who am I before Him and what does He desire), rather than nationalism or partisanship (what is best for our country or the party I belong to) in discerning how to engage culture. While the latter is important, we must be the best of citizens; it MUST be subjugated to the will and ethic of the Kingdom. The most frightening thing for me is not our new President, or Russia or Islam or Fake News, or some other external influence, though each carry with them a reason for consternation. The thing that frightens me most is the famine of “believers” who recognize the collision of Kingdoms that is taking place around them.
This is unquestionably an indictment on the church for its lack of spiritual formation (a topic for another day).
If you begin with the latter, whether you know it or not, you portray a co-opted version of Christianity that is underdeveloped at best and repelling at worse to those who are sincerely seeking the real thing. #alternativepolitic #kingdomfirst
This is exactly my concern. I am saddened that evangelicals have overwhelmingly embraced a leader and movement that so alienates the world from the church. We have held our noises and aligned ourselves with the world so as to have some scraps of influence and power. But our means only hurt our ends as God calls us to fight by his Spirit, and not through worldly might and power.