I wrote recently about why “The Left and Right Cannot Unite (in Church),” arguing that the underlying worldview assumptions of both parties are fundamentally incompatible and any attempt to hold them together inevitably makes the problem worse.
“In other words, these sermon series treat the substance of the disagreements as having less moral weight than the way we speak of those disagreements”.
Many in the church, get their feelings hurt because they’re unable to get past the how the person looks or says a thing…
“He wasn’t very loving when he spoke, he was being harsh”.
So the substance/meat is not received.
This coming November probably as much as 15% in the church will vote Democrat.
Sadly due to the fact that the conversation to challenge unbiblical beliefs will not occur, it’s way too messy.
You rightly say, there will be more problems/divisions in the future.
Unfortunately, I think you're right. Perhaps its even worse than you say. I saw a Lifeway poll recently that says 31% of "evangelicals" support Harris. The number is 41% of "Christian churchgoers."
Decades ago when both major parties were mixed parties, some degree of political neutrality might have been feasible. But now that one party is mixed and the other party profoundly evil, I agree neutrality really is not feasible for a faithful Christian. Although I guess we will all have our blind spots.
(I will cut newer Christians some slack though. I remained pro-abortion for a brief time after I became a committed Christian. But I got educated and went on to lead Duke Students for Life.)
Agreed. In previous generations, people on the left and right would almost all be considered "right wing" by today's standards. But now, the people on the left have moved to the extreme left. And there are plenty of people on the right who haven't moved much at all. There's no reconciliation between the two parties. One must win and the other must lose.
These unreflective pastors with their false ideas of ideological neutrality and Christian charity have actually maneuvered themselves into the Left’s fraudulent “conciliatory” position, as seen on bumper stickers: “Against Abortion? Don’t have one!”
This line nailed it…
“In other words, these sermon series treat the substance of the disagreements as having less moral weight than the way we speak of those disagreements”.
Many in the church, get their feelings hurt because they’re unable to get past the how the person looks or says a thing…
“He wasn’t very loving when he spoke, he was being harsh”.
So the substance/meat is not received.
This coming November probably as much as 15% in the church will vote Democrat.
Sadly due to the fact that the conversation to challenge unbiblical beliefs will not occur, it’s way too messy.
You rightly say, there will be more problems/divisions in the future.
Unfortunately, I think you're right. Perhaps its even worse than you say. I saw a Lifeway poll recently that says 31% of "evangelicals" support Harris. The number is 41% of "Christian churchgoers."
Decades ago when both major parties were mixed parties, some degree of political neutrality might have been feasible. But now that one party is mixed and the other party profoundly evil, I agree neutrality really is not feasible for a faithful Christian. Although I guess we will all have our blind spots.
(I will cut newer Christians some slack though. I remained pro-abortion for a brief time after I became a committed Christian. But I got educated and went on to lead Duke Students for Life.)
Agreed. In previous generations, people on the left and right would almost all be considered "right wing" by today's standards. But now, the people on the left have moved to the extreme left. And there are plenty of people on the right who haven't moved much at all. There's no reconciliation between the two parties. One must win and the other must lose.
These unreflective pastors with their false ideas of ideological neutrality and Christian charity have actually maneuvered themselves into the Left’s fraudulent “conciliatory” position, as seen on bumper stickers: “Against Abortion? Don’t have one!”