When it comes to discussing questions of politics, Christians can take several different approaches. A safe and sometimes reasonable strategy is to put a moratorium on such conversations in Bible studies, small groups, and other church functions for the simple reason that the discussion is likely to produce divisiveness or, in the absence of any real diversity within the group, to harden hostilities toward the out group. In some cases, this is a wise approach. But it also carries with it a danger of its own: All Christians will be discipled in our reflections on politics somehow. The question is where and how.
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