January 20, 2005

The Political Trap

There are two dangerous mindsets in the Christian world when it comes to Christians and political involvement, both of them ultimately based on a heresy: chiliasm.

The first dangerous mindset is that of Christian activism. The way I'm using that term specifically in this context is to indicate a mindset that assumes that the goal of human government is justice, and that such justice must primarily be enacted through political means. Christian activism seeks to make the Kingdom of God a present reality