Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Healing For a Broken World: Christian Perspective on Public Policy by Steve Monsma

While I did not agree with every conclusion drawn, I very much appreciated Mr. Monsma's approach. His appeal to think biblically when approaching politics really challenges many of the common views held among American evangelicals (such as the erroneous "christian nation" view). In particular, I love how he points out that the right tends to care very much about the unborn, while neglecting those very children after they are born, and the left does the opposite. I also liked his explanation on church and state separation. He points out that if we are advocating our own rights at the expense of the rights of others, we are not acting in accordance with Scripture, and that, I believe, is the best contribution I've heard to the discussion in a very long time.

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