Promoting God’s Priorities in a Politically Problematic Place
Proverbs 29:2 “When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan….4 By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down. …7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern….10 Bloodthirsty men hate a man of integrity and seek to kill the upright…12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.” The scriptures have much to say on the wisdom of just r