Shouldn’t Christians Just Obey the Law?

If there’s one thing today’s secular progressive enjoys, it’s telling Christians how to be Christians.

The urge to lecture Christians on how to be Christian is almost irresistible in the dispute over whether businesses can be forced to participate in same-sex weddings.

“I thought you were a Christian. Aren’t Christians supposed to follow the law?”

In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of the greatest commentaries ever written about what Christian citizenship requires. It is also instructive to remember the context in which the letter was written. It was a letter written to his fellow clergymen who were concerned about his activities. ……More by Joseph Backholm Family Policy Institute

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