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Many Christians, like most of the populace, believe the political structures can cure all our ills. The fact is, however, that government, by its very nature, is limited in what it can accomplish. What it does best is perpetuate its own power and bolster its own bureaucracies.<\/p>\n\n

—Charles (Chuck) Colson, advisor to President Nixon, writer, and founder of Prison Fellowship<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[409],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3603,3621,3622,3726,3854,4087,4167,4389,4521,4522,4567,4579,4585,4615,4616,4660,4700,4708,4953,5226,5284],"tax_ctp_topics":[378],"class_list":["post-45827","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-church-state","tax_ctp_tags-circumstances","tax_ctp_tags-citizenship","tax_ctp_tags-culture","tax_ctp_tags-election-day","tax_ctp_tags-government","tax_ctp_tags-hope","tax_ctp_tags-lordship-of-christ","tax_ctp_tags-nationalism","tax_ctp_tags-nations","tax_ctp_tags-opportunity","tax_ctp_tags-outreach","tax_ctp_tags-palm-sunday","tax_ctp_tags-peace","tax_ctp_tags-peacemakers","tax_ctp_tags-politics","tax_ctp_tags-presidents-day","tax_ctp_tags-priorities","tax_ctp_tags-service","tax_ctp_tags-values","tax_ctp_tags-witnessing"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\nOur Hope Is Not in Politics - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/our-hope-is-not-in-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Hope Is Not in Politics - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many Christians, like most of the populace, believe the political structures can cure all our ills. 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