Posted on 06/18/2009 10:31:28 AM PDT by truthnomatterwhat
Is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God political? What is politics really?
One day I received and email saying, “Jonas, just preach the Gospel and stay out of politics.” You may receive suggestions like this too from well meaning friends and family. This was an interesting proposal that prompted many questions in my mind. What is politics, for example? Should believers stay out? Let’s examine the e-mailer’s recommendation a bit more.
To essay his suggestion we need to pull together a definition of politics. Politics is not just voting in local or national elections for a particular party candidate whether Democrat or Republican. The definition of politics is this: Governing the affairs of men. Everyone should take a moment to digest that definition.
The word politics is often used interchangeably with Local, State or Federal Governments. That is a mistake because politics is not limited to those arenas.
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My apologies - wrong posting.
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