David Neff: Why Last Saturday’s Political Conclave of Evangelical Leaders Was Dangerous

From Christianity Today online.

Like it or not, we are in a presidential election year and we Christians have a responsibility to be Christ’s light and salt to the world. That means we can’t sit on our duffs and withdraw from the vital issues of our day. Therefore articles like this are quite timely.

The 150 evangelical leaders who met behind closed doors on January 14 to anoint a Republican candidate for President were wise not to have invited me.

I believe that Christians have an urgent duty to engage the social, economic, and moral threats to a healthy society. That requires a wide variety of political action. However, one thing it doesn’t call for is playing kingmaker and powerbroker.

Read it all.