Post by Webster on Jan 17, 2024 23:19:00 GMT -5
American Family News: 'Neighbor love' has been misapplied for too long-Read more: afn.net/politics-govt/2024/01/17/neighbor-love-has-been-misapplied-for-too-long/
This election year, a faith leader urges Christian voters to do their own "political triage" and understand what it means to love your neighbor.
Since early in their campaign, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have presented a dual message that both bypasses issues and attacks former President Donald Trump, declaring themselves the United States' only defenders of democracy. "At this moment in America, freedom is under profound threat," Harris said at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina. "Today we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard-fought, hard-won freedoms."
But with less than a year to go before casting ballots in the presidential election, David Closson, director of the Family Research Council's Center for Biblical Worldview, advises Christian voters to carefully consider all angles of life through a biblical lens and to be careful about viewing the sitting president as the compassionate candidate.
Closson told Washington Watch Monday that when Jesus says, "Love your neighbor," He also lays out what that means. "In the parable of the Good Samaritan, [Jesus] defines what He means by neighbor, and it means all people," the faith leader told show host Tony Perkins. "But there is a principle in scripture that you start with what's closest. You start with your family, you start with your church, you start with your local community. It's concentric circles that then goes to the nation states."
"The issue of immigration, of open borders – that's a huge issue in which this term of neighbor love is actually misapplied," he added. "We have to do what I call political triage: We have to look at the issues; we have to look at the candidates; we have to look at the party platforms. All of this really matters."
Since early in their campaign, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have presented a dual message that both bypasses issues and attacks former President Donald Trump, declaring themselves the United States' only defenders of democracy. "At this moment in America, freedom is under profound threat," Harris said at a recent campaign stop in South Carolina. "Today we are witnessing a full-on attack on hard-fought, hard-won freedoms."
But with less than a year to go before casting ballots in the presidential election, David Closson, director of the Family Research Council's Center for Biblical Worldview, advises Christian voters to carefully consider all angles of life through a biblical lens and to be careful about viewing the sitting president as the compassionate candidate.
Closson told Washington Watch Monday that when Jesus says, "Love your neighbor," He also lays out what that means. "In the parable of the Good Samaritan, [Jesus] defines what He means by neighbor, and it means all people," the faith leader told show host Tony Perkins. "But there is a principle in scripture that you start with what's closest. You start with your family, you start with your church, you start with your local community. It's concentric circles that then goes to the nation states."
"The issue of immigration, of open borders – that's a huge issue in which this term of neighbor love is actually misapplied," he added. "We have to do what I call political triage: We have to look at the issues; we have to look at the candidates; we have to look at the party platforms. All of this really matters."