Faith & Politics
How should a Christian be political? Is it any different than how a church should be political?
William Knibb lived in a time when the prevailing atmosphere could have discouraged him from calling out sin and opposing evil. Instead, Knibb preached the gospel, opposed slavery, and loved and served his church.
Biblical ecclesiology crumbled my world, but it also built me up again.
There are at least three things the Church Fathers model for us exceptionally well in the midst of a hostile culture.
Where did the idea of going to church originate? Some of the typical culprits suggested are Constantine, American business models, old people, or pastors desperately in need of jobs. But whose idea is it, really?
How exactly should we understand the plural “you” in the NT letters? It’s complicated.
The mediums we choose can shape our worship in subtle ways.
How should a Christian be political? Is it any different than how a church should be political?