Reply #4: You have to enter the Kingdom voluntarily.

[jeepnstein]

Some people never will, and that's just fine. We're all free to choose. The folks who were expecting a warrior king in the First Century were nonplussed when a itinerant preacher, whose birth raised more questions than it answered, and who hung out with fishermen and sinners, came along and declared his message of salvation for all. They just didn't get it.

Christendom is not about who gets to raise taxes or make law. It rises above the earthly matters of politics. I prefer to keep it in that place where it can't be soiled by politicians and charlatans who would stuff God into a box to suit their own goals. Any politician who frames his policies and positions as ordained by God is immediately suspect in my book. I'm perfectly fine with a politician being up-front with who they are and what makes them tick. I'm not OK with them using political power to ram the Gospel down someone's unwilling throat.