“No candidate will save us, only Jesus.” “God’s got this.” “Prayer is the best thing we can do.” “Put your faith in God, not the government.”
We have all heard these quips, or similar refrains. Most of us only hear these messages from our pastors regarding politics. It is too much for a pastor to tell their congregations to go vote for righteous policy, much less identify those candidates who stand for those policies. They simply will not “go there.”
Admittedly, the phrases above are not wrong. God is in control. Prayer is effective. But these sermons simply do not go far enough. They do not equip their congregations with the tools necessary for the Church to be impactful in the political arena.
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