As a pastor, I’m much less concerned about those who question God or even doubt God than I am about those who claim to know the mind of God better than anyone else and therefore have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.
I realized a long time ago that politicians love giving lip service to Christianity in order to gain Christian support.
They will talk about God and quote the Bible, even claim to be our greatest protector from things we are supposed to fear, all so we’ll help them win. 🧵
Every time I hear a politician doing this now my heart sinks. It not only feels like pandering of the worst kind, but it treats us Christians as if we are some populist movement that can be stirred into a frenzy for a politician’s gain.
While that makes my heart sink, what actually breaks my heart is how often it works.
I’ve watched politicians claim to support Christianity, then I watch entire Christian movements become their staunch supporters, create paintings of them in the Whitehouse with Jesus praying over them, and even write books on why their rise to power fulfills Biblical prophecy.
It all seems so deeply self-centered for a people who claim to be “loving our neighbor as ourselves.”
We clamor over politicians who claim to be about us Christians, but shouldn’t we be paying more attention to what politicians are saying about our neighbors?
Instead of being preoccupied with their lip service to our faith group, shouldn’t we be more concerned about what their plans are to help the poor, the vulnerable, the hungry, the homeless, and those without access to healthcare among us? The very people Jesus talked about?
The culture is always watching how we Christians participate with power. It shapes our public witness. Would our culture be able to say, “look at how Christians love others” when it comes to political power, or would they say, “look how Christians love power for themselves?”
I’m so uninterested in how politicians talk about my faith group. I’m far more interested in what they plan to do for my neighbors. Rev. Benjamin Cremer
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”-Philippians 2:3-4
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Two people you should never trust: A religious leader who tells you how to vote. A politician who tells you how to pray.
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