So?

The conclusion should not be hard to draw. The Christian must busy himself with the realm of life in which these issues are debated, and decided. And in the twentieth century this is the realm of politics. This means that the Christian who is trying to "think Biblically" about politics must take the obligations of citizenship seriously. He must work to see that responsible people are nominated for office, campaign to get them elected, vote for them, and put pressures on them once they are in office. He may even feel that it is his Christian vocation to run for office himself.

That Christians must all have this concern does not mean, as we have seen, that Christians are all going to have identical attitudes about specific legislation -- solving the housing problem in a slum area, for example. Some will feel that the matter can best be dealt with by private industry. Others will feel that a Federal housing project is the most feasible solution. Christians may have legitimate differences of opinion here. The unpardonable sin is to be unconcerned, and therefore uninvolved.