When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Christians and non-Christian voters alike have become far too comfortable slinging rocks at the expense of making any real political or social progress.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.
Politics are not the task of a Christian.
In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.
When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an ecclesial culture to produce Christians.
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.
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.