Faith and Politics

In many American churches you can guess how the pews vote before anyone says a word. Sometimes the sermon makes clear which side a faithful person must take. On both sides, the vote has quietly become a test of whether you belong. Jesus was once handed a political question designed to make him pick a side. Watch what he did.

Your faith should shape how you live in public, and that includes how you vote. Jesus cared about justice and the poor. But let's look at whether he let anyone recruit him, and whether the party you were handed has started to feel like part of the gospel. You don't need anyone's permission to follow him, inside a church or outside one, whichever box you check.

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