Things are heating up on the campaign trail. As
the candidates enter the debate season, sides are drawn, communities
are polarized, pastors wonder how political can they get in the pulpit,
and others just pray the elections would come and go. This election
season has proven to be a history maker. From the first African
American to run for office, to McCain’s choice of Alaska Governor Sarah
Palin as his running mate.
Within the church, politics has been a wedge
separating men and women on both sides of the political aisle, as both
parties try to make Jesus their poster boy…however, Jesus belongs to
no party, rather as believers we belong to His kingdom, and our hope
then relies on something greater than the kings and presidents of our
day.
<>So as you look at faith and politics, what
thoughts do you have about the current political scene? How should
believers engage in the political process? How do we balance allegiance
to another kingdom yet live in this one? When is our faith more in the
systems of the world than in God’s kingdom?
Okay, play nice but be honest….Monty