{"id":8652,"date":"2010-04-26T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:12:06","slug":"interview-wayne-grudem-on-politics-and-the-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/04\/interview-wayne-grudem-on-politics-and-the-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW: Wayne Grudem on Politics and the Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This is an extract of a video interview, the rest of which will be shared on the blog later on.\u00a0 In light of our current election campaign, I thought it would be especially relevant for British readers to watch this right now. Wayne does not specifically address the UK\u2019s political choice, but rather we speak about errors Christians make with regards to politics.\u00a0 I believe it is vital that Christians are more engaged in politics here in Britain.\u00a0 This is a crucial election with regards to our continued religious freedom among other things.\u00a0 Tomorrow I will be speaking more about my own views of the choice facing the UK electorate.<\/p>\n<p>As the video begins, we were just finishing talking about the ESV Study Bible, a massive project that Grudem has edited. I ask him, what he has been doing since that was completed:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/11187376\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/11187376<\/a>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/vimeo.com\/11187376%E2%80%B3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on Vimeo (works on an iPhone, iPad, etc.)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an extract of a video interview, the rest of which will be shared on the blog later on.\u00a0 In light of our current election campaign, I thought it would be especially relevant for British readers to watch this right now. 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