by Jefrey D. Breshears
Many Christians have been led to believe that we should be apolitical so as to eliminate any unnecessary distractions or impediments in our witness to others. After all, they say, what really matters is the Gospel. The implication of the argument is that politics is unspiritual, dirty and divisive, so for the sake of our Christian testimony we should stay focused on the “things above” rather than worldly concerns. After all, politics is mostly about the acquisition (and often the abuse) of earthly power, and most politicians are little more than proverbial “pigs at the trough.”