You know, I’m tempted to be uncharitable about this, to call this confusion silly and a recent modern fallacy born of the Christian Coalition and the liberal groups that cropped up to combat it. But if we’re being honest this confusion goes back over 1500 years. It’s just that the idea that we are to reform/fix/run worldly government and society is not to be found in the Bible! If anything, it’s quite the opposite.
You know, I’m tempted to be uncharitable about this, to call this confusion silly and a recent modern fallacy born of the Christian Coalition and the liberal groups that cropped up to combat it. But if we’re being honest this confusion goes back over 1500 years. It’s just that the idea that we are to reform/fix/run worldly government and society is not to be found in the Bible! If anything, it’s quite the opposite.