Our holiness and witness are worth more than our lives
Some Christians are willing to sacrifice our holiness and gospel witness for the sake of winning in politics and culture wars. But God prioritizes those things above anything else in this world, including our country, families, and very lives.
The hope and point of Christianity is not this life
Whether it’s politics or prosperity, many professing Christians seem to place their hope in worldly winning and success. But over and over, the Bible points us to eternity, to the only hope that God blesses.
But look at the good things King Saul is doing
The king kept delivering win after win for his nation and his people, but he was disqualified for a personal failing. Here’s reaction from one of his angry supporters.
Church and nation: A guide to Christian political theology
A compilation of articles that discuss various Biblical and spiritual principles that should govern how Christians think about power, politics, government, winning, and the place of nations in God’s plans.
We want power and winning. God wants losers.
Many Christians long for the church to have the world's power and strength. They want "winning." But in 1 Corinthians 1, God tells us what kind of Christians He's looking for: weak, lowly and foolish.
Winning in the Bible: God defines it differently than us
Some Christians use the word "winning" a lot, often in a political or cultural context. But in the Bible, victory often doesn't look like what we think it does.
Holiness is more important to God than victory
The way some Christians talk, you’d think the highest priority for the church is defeating our political and cultural enemies. Winning. Let’s search the Scriptures to see what God’s priority is.