Whether in this referendum or in politics in the coming years, the task of the church is to be incarnate. Politicians of all stripes are sons and daughters of God. They are created in his image, and are given authority by the Creator of all things.
We must be present. It was what Jo Cox was doing when she was killed. She was present in her community; she was listening to those who elected her; she was serving on the front line. That’s a place of mission if ever I saw one.
The church should be a place of reconciliation and of healing. It should be a place where battling sides can come together, and where disagreement is not final.
And evangelical Christians should be the first to step up to serve in politics in a world that has never needed leadership as much as it does today.
Read it all (my emphasis).
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Whether in this referendum or in politics in the coming years, the task of the church is to be incarnate. Politicians of all stripes are sons and daughters of God. They are created in his image, and are given authority by the Creator of all things.
We must be present. It was what Jo Cox was doing when she was killed. She was present in her community; she was listening to those who elected her; she was serving on the front line. That’s a place of mission if ever I saw one.
The church should be a place of reconciliation and of healing. It should be a place where battling sides can come together, and where disagreement is not final.
And evangelical Christians should be the first to step up to serve in politics in a world that has never needed leadership as much as it does today.
Read it all (my emphasis).