“The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” — Thucydides
The church that makes too great a distinction between its politics and its doctrines will have its policies determined by pagans and its creeds defined by communists.
The church that is all politics has a national flag behind the pulpit and the news cycle for its sermons.
The church that is all beliefs has a Bible on Sundays, but not one on Super Tuesday.
Thinking and fighting go together like religion and politics. They are to be differentiated, but never separated. They can be discussed in isolation, but they cannot be done that way.
“I never discuss anything else except politics and religion. There is nothing else to discuss.” — G.K. Chesterton
Religion is political because Christ is King. Politics is religious because Christ is the King of all kings. Thinking is warfare because Christ imposed enmity between the seed of Eve and the seed of the serpent. Warfare is thoughtful because Christ died on purpose.
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