{"id":4598,"date":"2014-05-03T13:33:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T05:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2014-05-03T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T05:33:04","slug":"to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/05\/03\/to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political\/","title":{"rendered":"To be Biblical is to be Political"},"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>Over at Jesus Creed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/05\/02\/to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political-by-jackson-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Part 2 <\/a>of the \u201cChristian Political Witness\u201d series has been posted. It is called \u201c<a title=\"To be Biblical is to be Political \" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/05\/02\/to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political-by-jackson-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>To be Biblical is to be Political<\/strong>.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I first introduce the book I\u2019m reviewing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you think that the gospel is not political, read <a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830840516\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0830840516&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musionscieand-20&amp;linkId=NIJ4KYC6LP6BPEZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Christian Political Witness<\/em><\/a>. <strong><span style=\"color:#800000\">This book will fix that misunderstanding.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This and the next post give a broad picture and critique. Over the coming weeks, I will examine in more depth a select group of chapters, suggesting some of practical implications for China and ministry.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830840516\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0830840516&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=musionscieand-20&amp;linkId=NIJ4KYC6LP6BPEZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christian Political Witness<\/a>\u00a0is a needed corrective in a conversation about a topic that many conservative evangelicals are reticent to talk about. Sometimes, this indifference comes from lack of awareness; others are afraid of the consequences of intermingling \u201cfaith and politics.\u201d . . . . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/05\/02\/to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political-by-jackson-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">the post <\/a>to leave comments<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2014\/05\/02\/to-be-biblical-is-to-be-political-by-jackson-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"> and join the conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;overflow:hidden\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding:0;background:none;float:left;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:84px;font-size:11px;margin:2px 10px 10px 2px\"><a style=\"padding:2px;text-decoration:none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/05\/01\/jesus-creed-begins-christian-political-witness-series-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;border:0;width:80px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/267845823_80_80.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><a style=\"overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;line-height:12pt;height:83px;padding:5px 2px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/05\/01\/jesus-creed-begins-christian-political-witness-series-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Jesus Creed begins \u201cChristian Political Witness\u201d series<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding:0;background:none;float:left;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:84px;font-size:11px;margin:2px 10px 10px 2px\"><a style=\"padding:2px;text-decoration:none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/03\/11\/changing-the-gospel-or-a-change-in-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;border:0;width:80px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/255234768_80_80.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><a style=\"overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;line-height:12pt;height:83px;padding:5px 2px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/03\/11\/changing-the-gospel-or-a-change-in-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Changing the Gospel or Just Our Perspective?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding:0;background:none;float:left;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:84px;font-size:11px;margin:2px 10px 10px 2px\"><a style=\"padding:2px;text-decoration:none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/04\/16\/dont-settle-for-god-when-you-can-have-a-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;border:0;width:80px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/264691826_80_80.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><a style=\"overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;line-height:12pt;height:83px;padding:5px 2px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2014\/04\/16\/dont-settle-for-god-when-you-can-have-a-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Don\u2019t settle for a god when you can have a king<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding:0;background:none;float:left;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;width:84px;font-size:11px;margin:2px 10px 10px 2px\"><a style=\"padding:2px;text-decoration:none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2013\/10\/24\/a-chinese-perspective-on-justification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;border:0;width:80px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/214080310_80_80.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><a style=\"overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;line-height:12pt;height:83px;padding:5px 2px 0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jacksonwu\/2013\/10\/24\/a-chinese-perspective-on-justification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">A Chinese Perspective on Justification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a decorated-link\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border:none;float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_h.png?x-id=3dc1a022-7af1-449a-8f18-3d37a798a0b5\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over at Jesus Creed, Part 2 of the \u201cChristian Political Witness\u201d series has been posted. 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