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What Would Wilberforce Do?

The 19th-century abolitionists have much to teach us about politics today.

A Christianity Today editorial | posted 2/19/2007 03:57PM

American evangelicals continue to fret over their political engagement—with good reason. Our core commitments focus on church, family, and evangelization, while the political process often produces ...

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Colin Cody

Posted: February 26, 2007 6:06 AM

Biblical Christians should carefully consider my plan (developed on the model of Wilberforce) to free much of the Islamic world relatively quickly from spiritual slavery. In brief, here’s how it goes: We must convince Christian millionaires and billionaires (and non-Christians, even the CIA) that a necessary component in our national battle plan against Islamic terrorism should be to turn warlike Islamics into peaceful Christians. As I see it, this would involve a highly aggressive evangelistic TV, Internet and radio campaign using mostly Islamics who have been converted to Christianity and trained in evangelizing their own people here and abroad. It would become the heart of our long-term approach to defeat the terrorists by bringing the principles of Christian salvation in an attractive, intelligent manner to Muslims worldwide. If we fail to take advantage of this golden opportunity to evangelize Islamics, they will likely forever come to Christ only in very small numbers.

Gordon D. Payne

Posted: February 22, 2007 8:24 AM

Wilberforce demonstrated that it doesn't take a "United Nations" to accomplish a moral imperative. Indeed, his success is largely owing to the fact that his "politics" flowed from his "private" morality,which he, by the Grace of God, conveyed to convince others that it wasn't a matter of mere policy. The moral highground he pursued, and there despite the the rub of expedience, is an example for our time that political impact is not necessarily, nor even preferably, the foundation or even instrumentality for moral action, or its incentive. Rather than focussing on the politics of, for example, terrorism, what is needed are a few good men, inspired by God, to exterminate the crime within several sovereignty, and there Christ's way, not institutionally, but by a witness that convinces each and every of the necessity of sustaining good morality rising above even King Numbers, the fruit of which reflected in an universal resolve to rid humanity of the scourge, beyond the politics. gdp

mary chada wrucke

Posted: February 20, 2007 6:57 PM


News to me, that evangelizm came before the work on freedom. Thanks for an enlightening article.Of course, Christ's freedom should come first-otherwise it's an empty victory

Benjamin Schwecke

Posted: February 20, 2007 12:26 PM


Good Show! Well done.

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