The life of the church is not only a political alternative, but a political answer. https://t.co/qxiJCzEMxd via @thebruderhof
— Transformation Louisville (@TransformVille) October 16, 2020
When the church is committed to being God’s politic, then Christians won’t fit into any worldly system – Two-Party or otherwise. The church, by its very life, is political. When it models mutual participation, economic justice, the things that make for peace, healthy marriages, and taking care of each other from cradle to grave, it serves as a reminder that God’s politics is something other than the world’s.
Most likely for this author it is one that does not participate in war-making or protecting the community from malefactors. It is a vision of political life parasitical upon the state and those who make sacrifices for the state? In such an instance, the Church isn't a complete political community, but dependent upon the "state" for protection and defense. This is probably not so different from Hauerwas' vision of the Church but it disregards the duties Christians have to their non-Christian neighbors.
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