Compassion (&) Conviction: The AND Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement

federalism.

It was meant to prohibit a relationship between the church and government like the founders were fleeing in England, where one denomination received a stamp of approval from the state as the official religion and others were persecuted or undermined.

The Flaws

No one makes political decisions from a neutral position. To make a policy decision is to choose certain values and goods over others. Political decisions are inevitably informed by a certain worldview or outlook. When Christians aren’t applying biblical principles to their political opinions, their point of view is guided by other belief systems.

Flaws in Our Political Ideologies

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God”

Colossians 2:8,

“establishment of religion.”

the religious freedom of Christians is deeply tied to the religious freedom of those who are not Christian.