Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics

by Eugene Cho

Turmoil and deception are tools of the evil one.

No network or online news source should be your sole source of information, and realize that fear and conflict help keep viewers engaged and the ad revenue flowing.

prayer is the ultimate antidote to our propensity to dehumanize and vilify others.

Advocacy changes laws and systems that impact people. When we pursue justice for all through our advocacy, that’s part of what it means to love our neighbors.

May our passion and convictions in politics never supersede our love for God and neighbor—including neighbors who don’t share our politics.

In modern culture, we are comfortable with cutting people out, but Jesus showed radical inclusion.

politics matter because politics impact policies that affect people.

so it seems to have pleased God to have used me at this time, just as I was, in spite of all the things, the disagreeable things, that quite rightly are and will be said about me. Thus I was used. 22

to love God and love our neighbors. Full stop. No matter what, we should love.