You know what’s interesting, though? Rarely (if ever) has someone in the church pushed back against my teaching on abortion. I don’t hear, “Just keep your head down, teach the Bible, and stop talking about abortion.” Similarly, I never hear people in the church make this argument when I speak about gender, sexuality, marriage, or religious liberty for Christians. Yet when I speak about religious liberty for Muslims, the evil of racism, caring for refugees, stopping oppression, or defending the poor, I’m likely to hear, “Just keep your head down and preach the gospel.” But why? Why are we so
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