Not in It to Win It: Why Choosing Sides Sidelines The Church
by Andy Stanley
View on GoodreadsChurches that tie themselves to a party trade their mission for partisan wins, in Andy Stanley's view. What do they give up? Roughly half their potential audience, their prophetic voice and their credibility with younger people, all for political victory put ahead of making disciples.
Core ideas
- The institution stays out: The church as a body should stay nonpartisan, while you as an individual Christian vote and engage by conscience.
- The first-century model: Jesus's teaching and the practice of the earliest Christians put sacrificial love and unity across divides ahead of winning cultural battles.
- The wrong vocabulary: Importing Old Testament language of conquest and warfare into Christian practice sets aside Jesus's commands to love, reconcile and make disciples.
Published2022
Pages256
ISBN9780310138921
ReadOct 2022
