Let him begin by treating the Patriotism or the Pacificism as a part of his religion. Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to regard it as the most important part . . . in which Christianity is valued chiefly because of the excellent arguments it can produce . . . Once you made the World an end, and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it makes very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing . . . and the more “religious” (on those terms) the more securely ours. – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, 1942
Jesus commands us to obey him in every domain of life, including in our politics. Yet not every political position or strategy amounts to “Thus saith the Lord.”
The above admonition of C.S. Lewis also reminds us that an “all or nothingism,” over-attachment to a political viewpoint is a perennial temptation for the Christian. While boiling political positions and strategies down to binary choices may make for effective political campaigns, biblical faithfulness may not be so easily reduced.
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