Patrick over at Tentpegs has written a phenomenal article on the political involvement of Christians. I wholeheartedly agree with the way he puts it:
"I will simply say that it isn’t our job to make a new law for the nation. It is our job to graciously and with great kindness approach our culture in such a way as to turn its heart away from abortion. We don’t need new laws; we need new hearts. Laws will always be broken by those who want to break them whether they be laws about abortion or laws about speed limits. It is the heart we must change and that is much, much harder work than convincing five out of nine Supreme Court justices to vote our way on abortion."
When did we decide that our freedom, our ability to choose what is good, was worth handing over to somebody else? The Christian Agnostic realizes that freedom is a matter of perspective. While our actions always have consequences, a person always has, at the very least, two choices in every situation, and often far more than that. When it comes to marriage, the Christian Agnostic ought to ask "why am I letting the government decide for me if I am married or not?" In all things, we ask ourselves, "who says so, and why?" and then "how does this help the situation, in light of what we know?" I like what Patrick says because, when it comes down to it, he asks us to question everything - what the Left says, what the Right says, and what we say. And then he asks us to ask God what He thinks.
I want to write more on this, but I think for now I'm going to have to let it percolate a bit more before I get too eager.
"I will simply say that it isn't our job to make a new law for the nation. It is our job to graciously and with great kindness approach our culture in such a way as to turn its heart away from SLAVERY..." Would that have worked?
ReplyDeleteI agree that changing the heart and mind is the most important, but in the meantime millions are being kept silent.