While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.
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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.
Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love.
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
I'm still down with Jesus. I like to think of him mostly as a social revolutionary who mixed with bad crowds and hated the rich.
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.
The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.
We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all the presumptions and ideas of power and blessing upside down.