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In defense of pastors (and Christians) speaking up politically. Inspired by John Stott. A short thread.
Issues of “macro-ethics” press on us from every side: issues for which the organized church can be a balm but which also require political solutions.
Human oppression, poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease, environmental pollution, abortion, capital punishment, work, leisure, unemployment, civil rights, crime, racism, nationalism, tribalism, violence and revolution, arms race, threats of war and so on.
The list is endless of the issues that fill our feeds and deeply impact our lives. We cannot ban these from the pulpit, nor can churches afford to divide the “sacred” from the “secular” (an unbiblical distinction).
The church can’t be pietistic and silent at just the point of ethics where the most people are impacted.
No wonder Marx thought religion to be the opiate of the masses. No wonder those outside the church see it as increasingly irrelevant!
A church and its pastors remember that Christ is on the throne and never lay down their prophetic voice in order to stump for a political party or single politician. Nevertheless, these issues remain deeply relevant and the Bible is not silent on them.
Let the church pick up the mantle! But let them do so in a way that shows the world that D’s R’s and everyone inbetween can live in unity as brothers and sisters in Christ.
