John Hitchen says Christians should be involved in politics

• because God is already involved
• because Jesus requires us to do so
• because we share a common humanity
• because we share basic virtues.
• because we need to uphold the rights and responsibilities of all humanity
• because we believe in the ‘power of the prophet’

This article is emphatically biblical in approach and is good resource material for studies and sermons.

Ian Hickingbotham quotes former politicians Don Chipp and Malcolm Fraser who make some interesting observations on the difficulty of acting with principle in politics. So what can we do? Who can we trust? Ian suggests that the question, ‘What would Jesus do?’ or, more specifically, ‘Who would Jesus vote for?” is not really the right question… read his article to see why.

Rod Benson, Baptist pastor and Director of the Centre for Christian Ethics at Morling College, has also written a review of the book by Ray Gidoomal & David Porter, How Would Jesus Vote? What to Look for in Your National Leaders (Monarch, 2001). Check it out.

Stuart Devenish asks whether it is better to vote on the basis of policies, parties or people. He discusses the role of preferences and the place of Christian values in voting. He concludes that Christians ought to remind themsleves that they can make a difference.

This election: Don't Vote for Christians!

Don’t vote for Christians? Why not? David Ayliffe discusses this very controversial possibility and asks whether there are good reasons for choosing to not vote for a Christian candidate. He also asks whether Christian parties suffer from the same problem of ‘expediency’ as other political parties. Read it and see what you think.