Brothers discussing politics - now there's a life-giving proposition!
Just curious, has the book "Blinded by Might - Why the Religious Right can't Save America" ever been discussed on here? The authors, Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson were deeply involved with politics, Reagan and the Moral Majority. But then they got light.
An excerpt from the Amazon summary of the book:
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Former insiders with the Moral Majority, they share never-reported information on a movement they helped shape in order to show why it could not and did not succeed. And they tell what it will really take to stem the ungodliness that is sweeping our nation. 'Whenever the church cozies up to political power, it loses sight of its all important mission to change the world from the inside out,' writes Thomas. In blurring the lines between politics and Christianity, the Religious Right has traded the only power that can truly change America - the Gospel's power to transform hearts - for the methods of a kingdom that is of this world. What, then, is the alternative? Given such critical issues as abortion, gay activism, are Christians to simply disengage from the political process? Hardly. uninvolvement is not the answer, say the authors, but a shift in perspective. As Christians, they insist we must realize that God's agenda does not rise or fall with political causes; and that we must rediscover our most potent influence is not the ballot booth, but lives that extend God's grace in the home, in the workplace, and in all spheres of our culture. Blinded by Might calls us to realign ourselves with a kingdom infinitely more powerful and certain than politics, that advances initially through changed hearts that inevitably must change and impart government."
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Anyone read this or has it been brought up on here? It was an eye-opening book for many believers who were all wrapped around the political axle, and thought that was how things were to be changed.
As Jesus famously said, "Apart from Me, you can do NOTHING!"