Engaging in Politics Does Not Distract from Gospel: Writer
The author of bestseller Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine has called upon Christians in the United Kingdom to stand against threats to the Gospel by engaging in politics and increasing their influence on government.
U.S. writer and theologian Wayne Grudem, a co-translator of the English Standard Version of the Bible, addressed a packed St. Helen’s church in Bishopsgate, London, Thursday night in the first leg of his U.K. tour tackling the question of whether political involvement distracts from the Gospel.
He said God was calling Christians in the U.K. to “stand against evil” and “threats that would silence the Gospel and remove it from the public square,” particularly laws passed in recent years promoting homosexuality and attempts to loosen existing abortion regulations....
