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Nick Freitas: Christians can’t afford to stay out of politics anymore

theblaze.com · 8d · first reportShare

The Western church has stepped back from the political and cultural fights shaping our world — and in a conversation with BlazeTV host Nick Freitas, Christian apologist Frank Turek explains why it’s necessary that changes. “Why do you think that the church has retreated from what we might more broadly call the political world or even just the cultural fights that we see? Why do you think the Western church in particular seems to have kind of just washed their hands of that fight and not all of them,” Freitas asks Turek. “We don’t want to say anything offensive because we want people to hear the gospel,” he adds, asking, “Why do you think the West took this position?” Turek explains that the West “dove into anti-intellectualism about 100 years ago when it didn’t think it could answer Darwin.” “So instead of engaging the culture, it retreated from the culture and just created its own Bible colleges and seminaries,” he says. “It’s all blind faith,” he adds. And Jesus’ own words reveal one