Lately, I’ve been musing about religion and politics. And more specifically, the thought that keeps recurring to me is the following: Is the idea of born agains and other Christians becoming political radicals, a far-fetched one? Or, should the question be, how could they not become politically radical Christians?
Christians as Dangerous Good Samaritans
Honest Christians must unapologetically assert that Jesus’s message is totally at odds with society's dominant culture.

An umbrella keeps the rain off of a statue of Jesus Christ during the Via Crusis, or 'Way of the Cross,' during which about 200 Catholics walked through the Dupont Circle neighborhood to mark Good Friday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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