5 Things Christians Can Do To Represent Jesus During This Election Season

Originally published at https://www.rethinknow.org on March 9, 2020.

Politics bring out the worst in people. We insult, belittle, and tear down those that hold different views. And worse we feel justified in doing so because they are wrong. Christians are exempt from this, often we are some of the worst offenders. Which begs the question, what should the relationship between the church and politics be? How should Christians engage in politics during this election?

It concerns me to see how Christians are engaging in politics. What concerns me more is the increasing amount of hope that many Christians have placed in their political party and leaders. We are way too invested in what happens in our country. But the problem isn’t our involvement, the problem is that increasingly Christians are deriving their hope and identity from a political leader or ideology and not from God.

But that’s an article I’ve already written: Your Hope Is Not In Politics (a warning for Christians)

What I want to focus on in this article is how Christians should engage in politics in a way that represents Jesus well. And let’s be honest, as a whole, we haven’t done a great job at this.