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Image by Warnockforgeorgia.com In the hotly contested elections of 2020, in this case in the state of Georgia, one man came to national prominence through being elected to the United States Senate, in no small part by using the title “Reverend”, a title which conveys a great deal of authority in certain populations. In the case of the “Reverend” Warnock, it affords him great respect in southern, black church circles, even more so because he is the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church where the Dr. Martin Luther King once headed. The combination of religion and politics, both powerful forces in American history, is widely acknowledged and has decades of published scholarship seeking to both understand and describe how these two streams so readily resonate in American cultural life. But as St. James asked, “Can both fresh and salt water flow from the same spring?”
Playing “hardball” in politics is nothing new, but is it acceptable for someone using the title “Reverend” and claiming to be a disciple of Jesus to use standard political tactics in order to maintain political power? For example, in public advertisements on television, Mr. Warnock has, in my opinion, shown no restraint in using his religious title to lend weight to his political advertisements attacking his political opponents. That should lead all of us to ask, “Just what sort of reverend is he?”
The New Testament is replete with instructions to disciples of Jesus as to how we are to comport ourselves in public and private life. In the pursuit of political power, it seems on first glance that those instructions on Christian life have gone out the proverbial window with Mr. Warnock. What sort of “Christian” ethics, and even more what sort of “Christian”, could so eagerly and so easily embrace such a departure from the […]
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