Politics With Peyton: If you are a Christian, you should be politically involved

America is in the middle of an identity crisis. We are bound to a web of contradictions. We support women’s rights, but don’t believe in gender. We promote pornography, yet speak out against sexual abuse. We want to save the starving children, yet have aborted over 60 million. We want to defund the police while simultaneously wanting guns to be illegal, because in cases of an emergency we should call the police. We believe everyone deserves a voice, unless your opinion disagrees with mine — then you’re canceled. 

We have become self-absorbed with this “me” mentality, one that has penetrated the core of the average American. We no longer ask what can we do for our country, but what has our country ever done for us? 

I frequently hear Christians say, “I hate politics” or “The church should stay out of politics”. This puzzles me. If Christians aren’t weighing into political affairs, then we are allowing those who don’t know the love of Jesus, who are still dead in their sin, to carry the conversation. Then, we wonder why we live in this self-centered, “identity crisis” society. Every day, it seems, we are rioting and marching further from God’s truth.

In Matthew 22:17-21, Jesus spoke out against giving to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s, regarding whether to give taxes. In Acts 10, Jesus spoke out about a law that prohibited Jews to associate with non-Jews, and in turn relays that God does not view, “any man unholy or unclean”. During  Jesus’ time on earth, he never shied away from political disagreements; rather, he actively engaged in them.

Christians remove themselves from political dialogue, and then are shocked that racism and abortion are even thoughts within society. These are heart issues as well as sin issues. 

“We are losing our country and the freedoms we have enjoyed. As Bible Believing Christians, we are the ones who must take action before it’s too late,” said evangelist Franklin Graham at a prayer rally.

We need more Christians, and ultimately the church, involved in political affairs. Once we start transforming hearts, we will transform minds. Through my new weekly column, Politics with Peyton, I will be discussing all things extemporaneous in order to give a Christian perspective on how we should respond to these ideas. 

My prayer is that a fire is ignited within every Christian whose eyes scan these pages. I encourage each and every one of you to stay up to date with current events and seek out ways that you can get involved in providing solutions. Not only do Christians have a place within politics, but they are also needed in the realm.

Peyton MacKenzie is the Opinion Editor. Follow her on Twitter @PeytMacK