After Christian apologist and political influencer Charlie Kirk was tragically assassinated six short months ago, there has been heightened debate among Christians about what our proper role in the public sphere should be: should we seek to improve society through apologetics, college campus discussions, and political involvement as Kirk did, or should we “stand above” the messiness of politics which is of “this world” and instead focus on personal transformation and thereby influence the culture in a less confrontational manner?
On his podcast “Theology in the Raw,” Preston Sprinkle recently interviewed pastor and podcaster Mike Erre about “political discipleship after Charlie Kirk.” Specifically, they questioned whether it’s accurate to refer to Kirk as a “martyr.” Erre explained, “The big wrestling we have in the church over the last several years has been, ‘Does the church exist to change and transform culture, or does the church exist to be transformed and be faithful to Christ, and then thereby through indirect witness be salt and light to culture?’”
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