Standing for a Cause Is Not Enough

To the young people who want to start new TPUSA chapters, there is something essential you must address first.As I listened to the Charlie Kirk memorial, I didn’t expect it to come from Tucker Carlson. I was thinking it-- and I hoped someone would say it. Here is what he said:Politics, at its core, is a process of critiquing other people and getting them to change. Christianity—the gospel message, the message of Jesus—begins with repentance. Christianity calls upon you to change.Our core prayer, given to us by Jesus—the Lord’s Prayer—demands that we forgive other people, but preceding that is a request for our forgiveness. In other words, forgive our sins, meditate on what we’ve done wrong, how we’ve fallen short, and then it becomes possible to forgive other people. That is a call to change our hearts from Jesus, and that is the only way forward...The only change that matters is when we repent of our sins. We. Me. A recognition that the real problem is me and how fallen I am!”I don’t claim to fully understand everything Tucker Carlson meant, but I do know this: the problem in our country is not political. Politics is merely a symptom—a horrific consequence of unbiblical thinking about ourselves and the world. This kind of thinking leads not only to national destruction but also to eternal destruction. …Read the rest of this article here, or just listen to the podcast. Get full access to the Proclaim & Defend Podcast at proclaimdefend.substack.com/subscribe