ARTICLE: We Need Prophets, Not Partisans

By Brett McCraken | The Gospel Coalition
Published in March of 2020

SUMMARY: As citizens of a kingdom not of this world Christians should use their faith to influence their politics, but many times the opposite is true. In an age of information overload Christians are being discipled by cable news instead of a pastor at a local church. As a result, Christians are being shaped by politics rather than by the Bible resulting in some of our churches becoming “political echo chambers.” Author Brett McCracken calls on the local church to be a prophetic witness where diverse political opinions are found and critiqued by eternal concerns of the kingdom of heaven.

KEY QUOTE: “Here’s the hard truth for believers wanting political influence in these times: consistent faithfulness to Scripture will never square with total alignment with any political party. A gospel agenda is not set by partisan think tanks in Washington, D.C. It’s set by Scripture. A gospel agenda may align with some aspects of one political party and some of another—and should spur us to engage in those areas—but it also decidedly rejects some aspects of both.”

Read the full article at TheGospelCoalition.org

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