Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I hate politics
With political battles looming, one question I have had for a long time is this: Why do churches choose to save money by being a non-profit entity (ie - tax-free) and give up their free speech rights? Should a church/pastor choose to pay taxes and speak freely from the pulpit? or not pay taxes and limit sermons? I some times think that the prior is a better option. Why? Because a pastor should have the ability to freely call out a candidate or party or something political and call it what it is (evil or good) At other times I think that people miss the boat by focusing so hard on politics and not enough on a heart change (we all know you can't legislate morality) Your thoughts?
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I believe the thought makes one large assumption in the state of our fallen world - if we did ____ then _____ (fill in the blanks)would happen. The false assumption is that the enemy would stop if we just succumb here. As we continue to see, Satan does not go aha and then stop and cherish his victory. He continues to pull the world down deeper and deeper in the abyss.
With that said, the world is feverously working on limiting what can be said in the church beyond politics, under the guise of politics, or hate crimes, or elitism, or pick a catch phrase for the day. What do we do? Everything we can to slow it down, to give people knowledge to make choices, to be used by our Father through the direction of the HS to do His will.
I hate politics as well – We are coming into a season, where our potential national leaders are more similar than different, and defining a new path instead of “The” path. God knows where we are and where we are going and I am sure it saddens Him deeply
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