Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Why Church and Politics Don't Mix
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times - church should not involve itself in politics - Christians most definitely should, but the church, meaning congregations, committees, organizations, conventions, denominations should most definitely not.
There is no more clear example of that premise than the recent climate initiative signed by a group of evangelical leaders which I have blogged about here and here.
Politics in America is the art of compromise, not principle, and it is the land of strange bedfellows. The church, on the other hand is an entity defined by and designed speifically to uphold principle. To do politics, simply because politics demands it, the church will have to compromise principle, and get into cahoots with people it would not normally want to go near.
Challies gives the proof of this contention about the climate initiative.
Should we put ourselves in a position to make choices like these. I don't think so.
Related Tags: global warming, church, abortion, Challies, Hewlitt, faith and action
There is no more clear example of that premise than the recent climate initiative signed by a group of evangelical leaders which I have blogged about here and here.
Politics in America is the art of compromise, not principle, and it is the land of strange bedfellows. The church, on the other hand is an entity defined by and designed speifically to uphold principle. To do politics, simply because politics demands it, the church will have to compromise principle, and get into cahoots with people it would not normally want to go near.
Challies gives the proof of this contention about the climate initiative.
Concerned Women for America has done the legwork and found something quite surprising and disturbing. "A new effort to mobilize evangelical Christians on the problem of global warming received $475,000 from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, one of the top funders of abortion programs in the United States and abroad."Tim has the details.
Sure enough, a couple of Google searches turn up evidence that the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has given significant amounts of funding to organizations that stand opposed to Christian values.
Should we put ourselves in a position to make choices like these. I don't think so.
Related Tags: global warming, church, abortion, Challies, Hewlitt, faith and action
