It's All Connected

I find a lot of Christians to be relatively unconcerned with Politics, thinking that it is unconnected from their life as a Christian, but this is not how it is.

Even in politics the truth matters, the truth always matters. All truth is God's truth, there simply is no other kind. But one thing that many don't realize is that political ideals and theories often are based on other ideas and philosophies. For instance, the idea of a Constitutional Republic where the people elect Representatives and their rights and liberties are defended is based in a Biblical, God centered worldview. Certainly not that anyone is compelled to believe the Bible under such a system (belief by compulsion is no true belief anyway) but it is understood in such a system that there is a Creator God and that certain liberties are granted by Him, and therefore the Government has no authority to take them away. On the other hand, there is Socialism (in all it's forms, Communism or whatever) which is based on atheism. That system is the one that says that there is no God, that the people have only the rights that are granted to them by the state and the state (or Government) has the right to take away whatever rights it wishes, because all rights are given at the whim of the state anyway.

So, what I am saying here is that politics is not in any way unconnected from Spiritual things, it is, in fact, deeply connected. So, when I argue for our Constitutional form of Government, as instituted (though admittedly not so well carried out at times) and against Socialism, I am in fact arguing just as much for a God centered worldview, and against atheism, as I am discussing politics.

Remember, all truth is God's truth, and the truth matters.