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Thinking about politics from a biblical framework doesn’t mean we’ll always agree, but it does exclude some policies and forms of advocacy that are counter to our beliefs.

And I include myself in the criticism. We as the American church need to take more ownership for our collective sin, our obsession with things that will not make an ounce of difference in heaven, and our failure (past and present) to stand up and speak up for the poor, for the stranger, for the ones who don’t look like us.

to reclaiming the prophetic tradition and working with multi-faith partners to build a society of equity and equality, compassion and justice.

Because a musical, cultural form that’s only about forty years old should not have more impact than the church, which has existed for thousands of years. We should be the main communicator about challenges that happen in our country on race and justice. We should be the first place that people look to for answers. We should be the ones presenting a

For many Americans, especially non-Christians, the thought that Christian morality can be a useful guide to much of anything is risible, particularly since so many white evangelicals from 2016 forward chose to throw in their lot with a solipsistic American president who bullies, boasts, and sneers. Yet Lewis’s life suggests that religiously inspire

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Similarly, when we as Christians today engage the civic space, we’re representatives of our Father in heaven. To properly go about our Father’s business, we must be informed about the civic process and understand the relationship between church and

of government,