In his new book, Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge, Dallas Willard exposes the loss of logical and reasonable discourse to inform public decision-making. Seeking knowledge and making informed decisions based on that knowledge is absent. What has replaced knowledge is advocacy. Is something “good,” “right,” or “reasonable?” This doesn’t even enter the conversation anymore. Using political and legal means is the methodology of the day. I don’t join with you to seek knowledge about issues from same-sex marriage to human cloning; I advocate my position using whatever political and legal clout I can muster.

This is not how Christianity functions. We seek the truth at all possible cost, with courage and consideration. We are created by God to do this and advocacy is an inferior means to come to an understanding of what is right and good and true. This is why voting on an issue or considering if it is legal ultimately has nothing to do with knowledge. The popularity or the legality of something is advocacy pure and simple.

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