Hancock: The biblical mandate for political engagement
The modern American Christian faces an identity crisis. Many have retreated from the political arena, citing their faith as a justification for disengagement. They claim, with a kind of pious resignation, that politics is too corrupt, too divisive, too worldly for a true believer.
Others, equally misguided, adopt a fatalistic view—what will happen will happen, and God’s will is sovereign. While their devotion is admirable, their interpretation is mistaken.
To retreat from politics is to abandon a biblical mandate.
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