My Statement for the Puzzled Christian:
Uncertainty and Certainty in Flux.
Grace, Mercy and Love in Action
To be a faithful Christian is to embrace tension. The mistake some Christians make is to think we could actually find a home in politics.
When people have this framework, it perpetuates the idea that there is exclusively or only one way to engage in politics in order to be a faithful Christian. With such a narrow ideology, we can fall into a situation where we stop thinking, stop engaging and stop asking important questions.
It becomes my side versus your side, in or out, for or against, friend or foe, ally or enemy. We strike-off people who identify with the other party, for whatever reason and often those reasons are the ones spread by our chosen media sources.
Jesus died and extended Grace for the Left, the Right, and everyone in between. So, even as we seek to spread truth,we must stop vilifying and demonizing those we disagree with.
It is impossible to have one political party that fully encapsulates what it means to be about the kingdom of God. It doesn’t exist. The kingdom of God cannot be encapsulated by one gender, one church, one denomination, one leader, and certainly not by one political party—even if there are prominent Christian leaders advocating for it
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Have Child-like Faith. |
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