How Religion and Politics Mix

Political issues and religious belief often intersect.  Church and state authority often clash.  But in modern Protestant America there is another way in which religion and politics mix – the skill set required to be a good Evangelical preacher and the skill set to be a successful politician are largely the same.  The Venn Diagram overlaps about 90%.  This is also why you see individuals rather fluidly moving back-and-forth between being a preacher and being a politician – Warnock in Georgia simply being the most current and prominent example.  This phenomenon is actually older than modern America, even if it has reached new levels in America – many of the best statesmen that served the crown in England before the Reformation were also churchmen.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie On Former President Trump’s Announcement And The 2022 Results

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined me this AM:

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Transcript:

HH: I’m joined by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who’s really got to have an interesting take. Good morning, Governor.

CC: Good morning, Hugh. How are you?

HH: I’m great. I gave you a hard time yesterday, and you said well, you didn’t ask me on, so I asked you on. And I’m glad you showed up. What’d you make of former President Trump’s remarks last night?

CC: Well, look, I think they were fine. You know, as I’ve said before, I’ve known the President for 21 years and...

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The True Meaning of Limited Government

Man, it’s ugly out there.  The post-election posturing is just short of bottles and knives.  But then that is a reflection of the campaign itself.  Politics has always been a cut-throat business, but there is something different in recent years both tonally and in intensity.  The tonal thing is about the state of our culture, but the intensity is about something different, I think.  The stakes have been raised.

Of course, we all point to the issues of the day, which are large and significant because in my lifetime government has trod into places it was never intended to go.  But for the most part people have, until very recent times, invited it into those places, so I don’t think that accounts for the intensity – at least not on its own.  We all talk about...

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