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  Pastors carry a sacred responsibility: to tend souls, teach scripture, and cultivate communities of compassion. But in recent years, many clergy have found themselves pulled into partisan battles. Some feel pressure from congregants. Others feel compelled by conscience. Still others are swept along by the cultural currents around them. The challenge is not that pastors have opinions — they are citizens, too. The challenge is that the pulpit is not built for partisanship . When sermons become political endorsements, congregations fracture. When clergy become campaign surrogates, their spiritual authority becomes suspect. And when pastoral identity merges with political identity, the gospel’s breadth is narrowed to a platform. The prophetic tradition has always called faith leaders to speak about justice, mercy, and moral responsibility. But prophetic speech is different from partisan advocacy. One calls people to conversion of heart; the other calls them to vote a certain way. Pas...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  When Liberty Enslaves  by Jerry Aveta, which reached  #1 in campaigns & elections and #1 in abolition history of the US. Book Description There is a common experience between our experiences today and those before the Civil War many years ago.  The effect of the intersection of faith and politics during these two experiences has had on our elections and our governance is uncanny in their similarities.  Both times an election insurrection was stopped by the sitting vice president.  Both times had people of the same faith on both sides of the social issues of the day claiming God’s favor and willing to divide the nation over those competing positions. Part 1 of this writing focuses on the Civil War era and how liberty centered around the issue of equality.  Some people of faith believed all men were equal, some did not. Part 2 focuses on our present times and how liberty centers on the sanctity of life concerning ...

  Kindle will be offering free copies of  When Liberty Enslaves  by Jerry Aveta, a winner of multiple awards, which recently reached  #88 in campaigns & elections, #95 in U.S. abolition of slavery history, and #98 in abolition history of the US. Go get your copy March 23-27! Book Description There is a common experience between our experiences today and those before the Civil War many years ago.  The effect of the intersection of faith and politics during these two experiences has had on our elections and our governance is uncanny in their similarities.  Both times an election insurrection was stopped by the sitting vice president.  Both times had people of the same faith on both sides of the social issues of the day claiming God’s favor and willing to divide the nation over those competing positions. Part 1 of this writing focuses on the Civil War era and how liberty centered around the issue of equality.  Some people of faith believed all me...

  Jerry Aveta, author of  When Liberty Enslaves ,  says, " This is one of the primary issues challenged with such a heavy overlap of religion and politics ' "  in a video on the Faithforthetimes TikTok account. Book Description There is a common experience between our experiences today and those before the Civil War many years ago.  The effect of the intersection of faith and politics during these two experiences has had on our elections and our governance is uncanny in their similarities.  Both times an election insurrection was stopped by the sitting vice president.  Both times had people of the same faith on both sides of the social issues of the day claiming God’s favor and willing to divide the nation over those competing positions. Part 1 of this writing focuses on the Civil War era and how liberty centered around the issue of equality.  Some people of faith believed all men were equal, some did not. Part 2 focuses on our present times and h...