However, all Christians should make those decisions from a biblical framework.

“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”17 That quote may seem trite until you understand the context in which Douglass said it. He was explaining that he would partner with the American Anti-Slavery Society to abolish slavery, but he would not partner in their effort to abolish the American government as a whole. They

Truth and Moral Order

No one could credibly claim that Douglass didn’t understand the issue or wasn’t taking it seriously enough. He had himself been a slave, was separated from his family, and was physically beaten in this demonic institution of slavery, yet Douglass refused to surrender his critical thinking just to appease his partners.

“establishment of religion.”

Colossians 2:8,

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.

federalism.

As Christians, failing to apply biblical values