With the 2024 presidential election still seven months away, political conversations are as heated as ever – including in the church. Dr. Tony Evans of Dallas’ Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship and the Urban Alternative seeks to be a voice of reason.
In his book Kingdom Politics: Returning God to Government, Evans highlights the importance of seeing government from God’s point of view and offers a biblical path through one of the most divisive issues of our time.
“All points of view should start with God’s point of view,” Evans shared during an interview on CBN’s PrayerLink. Truth is God’s view on any subject matter, and God has spoken endlessly in his word about politics. Of course, the most well-known passage is Romans 13 where God says that he is the author of civil government. Since he is the author of civil government, we ought to find out what he says about civil government to make sure that our definition, explanation, and application of civil government is consistent with his definition, application, and implementation of civil government.”
The popular pastor also discussed his reason for tackling the contentious issue of U.S. politics.
“What motivated me was the chaos, confusion, and divisiveness that
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