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The discussion of government actually has to begin with a discussion of worship. It is a question of authority, and involves foundational ideas about what is good, right and just. These ideas are shaped by religious commitments and presuppositions.
The Bible recognizes no artificial disconnect between personal and public convictions. Rather, all of life is religion, and it is meant to be a life of love and service to God and neighbor.
That is the excitement and thrill of the kingdom of God. We are called to a task and we are to do everything with all our might and to the glory of God. We can only offer an alternative to pagan secularism if we live out and teach a gospel culture that conforms to the Word of God.
If we want to breach the wall of the secular pagan lie, we must recover a full-orbed gospel that shatters all false dualisms and that reclaims all of creation for the glory of God.
About the author
JOE BOOT is the founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity and the senior pastor of Westminster Chapel, Toronto. In the U.K. he is director of the Wilberforce Academy and head of public theology for Christian Concern. In the U.S.A. he is a senior fellow at both the think-tank truthXchange and the Center for Cultural Leadership. Dr. Boot holds a Master's degree in Mission Theology (University of Manchester U.K), and a Ph.D. in Christian Intellectual Thought (Whitefield Theological Seminary, U.S.A.). His other books include
Why I Still Believe (2005), How Then Shall We Answer? (2008) and The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society (2016).
