Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock - New York Times

While I don’t agree with this minister on necessarily everything, I do like this…

Before the last presidential election, (Rev. Boyd) preached six sermons called “The Cross and the Sword” in which he said the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a “Christian nation” and stop glorifying American military campaigns.

The last three I definitely agree with.

In regards to the first item (”the church should steer clear of politics”), while the article later seemed to clarify what he meant, I don’t necessarily think Christians should steer clear from politics. I think Christians should vote. I think they should write to their people in Congress/Parliament to make their views known if they want to. After all, they’re represented in Congress/Parliament as much as those of other faiths (or those without a religion/belief system).

(On the other hand, I believe the idea of “Christian Dominionism” that’s also espoused is a crappy idea.)