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I was reading the news this morning and read where Muslims are running for office in several states. The journalist asked where the Christians were at. I wondered that myself. There are multiple Christian colleges churning out students, so why aren't any running for office? Are too many just sitting back accepting that the end is imminent, or should we endeavor to make the most of what's left? Our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are going to live here. Have you ever considered running for office - then why don't you? There's never a better time than now.

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Problem is can a Christian get elected? Let’s say I run how far will I get on my view of manage including sex before mirage , abortion, and I can go on . Note there is no nuance on any issues it’s black and white. No one running in front of a camera saying what he meant was this not that . Honestly there is no middle ground in our Christian walk it’s one thing or the other . How far can a Christian candidate walking the walk get ?
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Problem is can a Christian get elected? Let’s say I run how far will I get on my view of manage including sex before mirage , abortion, and I can go on . Note there is no nuance on any issues it’s black and white. No one running in front of a camera saying what he meant was this not that . Honestly there is no middle ground in our Christian walk it’s one thing or the other . How far can a Christian candidate walking the walk get ?
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Not very far IF millions of us continue to refuse to get involved with politics.
 
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Not very far IF millions of us continue to refuse to get involved with politics.

I was elected as a councilman and mayor in a city of about 34,500. Also appointed as a state arbitrator in a state of millions.

Did I accomplish everything I wanted? Absolutely not. What did I do some good? Absolutely.
 

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The preacher and most of the attendees where we now worship are Rapture Dreaming Dispensationalists, and are totally against believing Christians can do anything in this world beyond dunking some other people and waiting to fly away. Out of respect for their resistance of anything remotely political, I won't wear a MAGA hat to church, but it sure is disappointing to see all that the Apostles and early disciples died for just given over to the Devil as though it is worth almost nothing.
 

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It's here: Ocean Grove, New Jersey - Wikipedia

I was thinking of starting a town in a remote area. I don't know how you do it, but sooner or later someone will sue to be able to put godless entertainment there and other ills. But if most of the people are Christian then I think it could turn out to be a good place - or at least as good as things can be on this side. I actually talked to a German man who is building a community in South America. Our culture today is poisoned, our food is poisoned, TV is poisoned. It's unhealthy today.

There are a lot of remote areas still around - I wonder what you have to do to establish a town. My niece moved to a remote are in SC and only pays something like $100 a year in taxes. They have no trash pickup. But imagine if Christians got together and decided to live in an area like that until the end? I think it can be done. I would feel so much better. We could agree to return to simpler times - no evil shows that are belched out of Hollywood, no Common Core in schools, and other improvements.

Why couldn't we do it?
You are so right that Satan and his followers have poisoned EVERYTHING! At this juncture in my life...that would be near impossible for me personally but, for the younger generation and families, it would be like, well...Heaven on Earth! Lol.
 

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Only if they desire to work with people they disagree with, prepare to compromise, and work towards serving all Americans, not just likeminded Christians
 
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If you lived here in America, in two more years, you will be signing-up to draw money from a "government program." Would you, instead, go begging at the backdoor of a church? How about your medical system? Do you refuse that government assistance as not being God-centered?


I can buy groceries without being a farmer. I can take a bus without being a driver. I live in a country without having to devote my life to it. I can be a Christian anywhere in the world...and beyond. I don't need to identify with anything in this world....yet I still eat food and drink water.

I think you would have to read the gospels again with that in mind. To be IN the world but not OF the world. That means you live in a world just like any person but not to become entangled with it like people who walk by sight. IOW there is a difference.

Unless a Christian is different than the world....while still living in the world...then he is just OF the world like everyone else.

A Christian should not let the world dictate how he is to do things. If the world sets up political parties...there is no need to have any allegiance to these. The devil runs the show in this world...no need to have any part with him.

There is another way. The way of Christ by faith. The outside of us looks no different....but inside is a world of difference. We are to be pilgrims and sojourners here. Our allegiance is to Christ and Christ alone.

In Christ alone...my hope is found.
 
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Only if they desire to work with people they disagree with, prepare to compromise, and work towards serving all Americans, not just likeminded Christians

I had to deal with issues such as LGBT and other extremist missions.

And you would have wanted me to compromise on such things?
 

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I can buy groceries without being a farmer. I can take a bus without being a driver. I live in a country without having to devote my life to it. I can be a Christian anywhere in the world...and beyond. I don't need to identify with anything in this world....yet I still eat food and drink water.

I think you would have to read the gospels again with that in mind. To be IN the world but not OF the world. That means you live in a world just like any person but not to become entangled with it like people who walk by sight. IOW there is a difference.

Unless a Christian is different than the world....while still living in the world...then he is just OF the world like everyone else.

A Christian should not let the world dictate how he is to do things. If the world sets up political parties...there is no need to have any allegiance to these. The devil runs the show in this world...no need to have any part with him.

There is another way. The way of Christ by faith. The outside of us looks no different....but inside is a world of difference. We are to be pilgrims and sojourners here. Our allegiance is to Christ.

So don't serve their country and in any way. Stockpile of the win with liberals take over and say hello communism.

Then see how easy it is to buy from, get Medical Care and just be a Christian.
 
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I had to deal with issues such as LGBT and other extremist missions.

And you would have wanted me to compromise on such things?

Are you hired by the American people to represent their interests? If so, you must listen to your constituents and make decisions that include the interests of everyone you represent - even if it means restricting the rights of groups to exclude people.
 
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Are you hired by the American people to represent their interests? If so, you must listen to your constituents and make decisions that include the interests of everyone you represent - even if it means restricting the rights of groups to exclude people.

Nothing requires an elected to violate their own morals and beliefs.

We live in our Republic, not a democracy. So majority does not rule.

There's an old saying in elective office. You cannot please everyone. It isn't possible to do.
 

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Nothing requires an elected to violate their own morals and beliefs.

We live in our Republic, not a democracy. So majority does not rule.

There's an old saying in elective office. You cannot please everyone. It isn't possible to do.

A Republic is a representative form of government - your vote is suppose to represent the people in your district. If your radical beliefs do not allow you to represent all the people in your state or local government, which involves compromising for the best deal, you are better off in the pulpit, not public office.
 

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I see your point. You would most likely get ripped up by the mainstream media. But it's not as bad in local elections. You can still run for a local election. I think the trouble comes when someone runs for a major office. Jim Jordan a Christian and he made it: Jim Jordan on Principles & Values

When you look at some of the bubbleheads in office it's like a slap in the face that they're governing us.

“The penalty for not participating in politics is to be governed by your inferiors” - Plato
 

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I was elected as a councilman and mayor in a city of about 34,500. Also appointed as a state arbitrator in a state of millions.

Did I accomplish everything I wanted? Absolutely not. What did I do some good? Absolutely.
If you were elected then other Christians can be. Did you make all your Christian views known prior to getting elected?
 

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I can buy groceries without being a farmer. I can take a bus without being a driver. I live in a country without having to devote my life to it. I can be a Christian anywhere in the world...and beyond. I don't need to identify with anything in this world....yet I still eat food and drink water.

I think you would have to read the gospels again with that in mind. To be IN the world but not OF the world. That means you live in a world just like any person but not to become entangled with it like people who walk by sight. IOW there is a difference.

Unless a Christian is different than the world....while still living in the world...then he is just OF the world like everyone else.

A Christian should not let the world dictate how he is to do things. If the world sets up political parties...there is no need to have any allegiance to these. The devil runs the show in this world...no need to have any part with him.

There is another way. The way of Christ by faith. The outside of us looks no different....but inside is a world of difference. We are to be pilgrims and sojourners here. Our allegiance is to Christ.
I just don't know if that applies to governance. What about the quote from Plato:

“The penalty for not participating in politics is to be governed by your inferiors”

Aren't we seeing that in todays in-your-face godless politicians and the laws they're implementing?
 
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Politics is about law not grace. Are we to be enforcers of law? This is antithetical to the mission and person of Christ.

Politics is based on violence....force...or the threat of these. Politics divide a country. The surest way to unite a country on the political level is to have total war with another country...this then reveals the Diabolos.....the evil division that constitutes the power behind politics.

Politics is about worldly power....which is the opposite of the kingdom of God. It is about taking power, exercising that power, and maintaining that power. If money is a force of evil...politics is more so.
 
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I just don't know if that applies to governance. What about the quote from Plato:

“The penalty for not participating in politics is to be governed by your inferiors”

Aren't we seeing that in todays in-your-face godless politicians and the laws they're implementing?


This is the seduction of the world you are speaking of. No mention of Christ and HIS power. It is relying on human means towards human ends. I think that Americans have been so blinded to this that they can't tell the difference between Christ and a president.
 

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No One Trusts the US Government, Not Even the American People

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Atlantic Bridge, a German front organization set up by Washington to propagandize Germans to serve Washington, has failed in the job. The latest survey conducted by the front group shows that 85% of Germans are alienated from the US. The front group’s chairman acknowledged “the great lost of trust in the United States.” By a margin of two to one, Germans see China as a more reliable partner for Germany than the US. (See this)

Americans have come to the same conclusion about the US government as have Germans. The latest Gallup Poll reveals that Americans regard America’s top problem to be the US government. Twice as many respondents regard the US government to be the top problem than regard immigration, and Americans see Washington to be six times the problem that health care is.

As many have concluded, the United States is not a democracy. It is an oligarchy ruled by monied private interest groups. (See this)

There has clearly been a revolution in America. An aristocracy has overthrown the people. Democracy is dead. We live in the Oligarchy United Against the People.

No One Trusts the US Government, Not Even the American People - Global Research
 

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This is the seduction of the world you are speaking of. No mention of Christ and HIS power. It is relying on human means towards human ends. I think that Americans have been so blinded to this that they can't tell the difference between Christ and a president.
No, it is Christians assuming office where Christian decisions and God-honoring laws are put in place. We can't honor God by allowing godless rulers to implement horrid laws.
 
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No, it is Christians assuming office where Christian decisions and God-honoring laws are put in place. We can't honor God by allowing godless rulers to implement horrid laws.


You are speaking as a person of this world.