As more and more politicians *spit*, Mass Media Podpeople, jurists *gag*, “special interest groups” (you know who you are, Anti-Christian Loonies Union), and other nutcakes face off against soi-disant “Christian” nutcakes in the public square, playing a dumbed-down version of “Barbarians vs. Constantinians,” I find Christ openly entering the public square in such venues as Kat’s firm but gentle exposition of Ephesians and the no-holds-barred muscular faith espoused by such places as Credenda.org–in opposition to both the barbarians and Constantinians. *heh* Check the link to Kat’s start on Ephesians 2:1-10 and follow on back on her earlier expositions, then read Douglas Wilson’s “Cruciform Politics” in the most recent issue of Credenda Agenda.
A sample of the latter to whet your appetite:
On a number of occasions, I have been dismayed to see how quickly Christians who have been encouraged to “get involved” in the public process find themselves thinking that a “biblical worldview” about politics is “just what a bunch of my new acquaintances were thinking already.” This means that these involved Christians are just a thermometer, taking the temperature of their surroundings. We need to be a thermostat, affecting the temperature of our surroundings. If we are to reject the emptiness of the secular public square, and we resolve to do what we do in the name of Jesus Christ, then we must be able to draw a direct connection between what we are urging, and what God reveals to us in His Word. And right at the center of what God reveals to us in His Word we find the cross of Christ. We preach Christ and Him crucified. But what does it mean for our politics to be cruciform?
Look around. The Nazarene isn’t hiding in a corner somewhere. The world just wants to make it seem that way.
Trackposted to The Random Yak
