Our goal should be promoting the gospel to bring people into the family of faith, not pandering to political leaders so that they might let us share their podium. Christian ‘values’ – a term open to notorious abuse – should not be reduced to trite slogans. Nor does promising to privilege Christianity compensate for a lack of character or for policies that benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. Let us beware of those who tell Christians to mind their own business, just as much as we rebuff those who offer Christians power and privilege at the price of their silence or compliance.
