How Can a Christian Be in Politics?
A Guide toward Faithful Politics
Chapter One
How Can a Christian Be in Politics?
Politics: The art of looking for trouble, finding it
everywhere, diagnosing it wrongly, and applying
unsuitable remedies. Ernest Benn
Politics is a beautiful word to me!
Senator Anna Belle Clement O'Brien
He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one
who is worse than himself. Plato
"How can you be a Christian and be in politics?" I
hear this question from people of faith all the
time. They seem startled that a former minister
has run for and serves in public office.
I recall once when I was about to preach at a
church near Nashville. Johnny Hayes, a member
of that congregation, introduced me by telling of
a political fundraiser he had attended the night
before that honored a one-hundred-year-old gentleman.
Johnny asked the centenarian how he
had survived so long and so well as a member of a
small minority in a county dominated by the
other political party. The gentleman's sage reply ... read full excerpt from: Can a Christian Influence Politics? ebook
