Don't let politics overshadow Christian values

Many of us who are Christians are afraid of the culture around us and have hidden ourselves within the walls of our institutions. Our expressed personal testimony, historical heritage, and joy in knowing Jesus Christ as Lord is suffering from lack of zeal, understanding, and reasoned persuasion. Politics and democratic values are threatening our faithfulness to Christian service. Have we substituted the gospel of Christianity with government and frightful allusions of political solutions for our moral concerns?

Do we allow politicians and media to attract us by their authority or convictions? Will the 2004 political elections fashion our moral doctrines by appealing to an egalitarian morality by consensus? Christians, be very careful that our political zeal does not sentence Christ to anonymity. The reality of knowing God comes from a faith that rests only on the unassailable truth of scripture, the spirit of God and the grace He imparts in our lives.

Robert Graham

Whitefish