The Dissenter

The Dissenter

The Word of God is the Sword of Politics Too

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Jeff
Oct 09, 2025
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They say politics doesn’t belong in the pulpit—that the Church must stay “above” the fray, aloof from the rough-and-tumble of the public square. But what they really mean is that the Bible is too sharp to touch their idols. It cuts too close. It exposes too much.

The same men who prattle about “unity” and “winsomeness”—the JD Greears, the David Platts, a…

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