Christians cannot afford to stay on the sidelines

While taking a break from our daily three-mile walk through a local park, my wife and I sat on a bench watching other walkers stroll by. One young woman passed wearing a plain, white T-shirt that read, in large letters, simply: “AND WE KNOW THAT.”

Underneath those words, in much smaller type, was the explanation of this enigmatic inscription: “Romans 8:28.”

Are we not called to be engaged in all aspects of life? Why would politics be out of bounds?

The full Scripture verse is incredibly powerful and should spring to mind whenever things in our personal lives — or even in the life of our nation — go kerflooey:

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to