Politics
Government Is Not The Enemy
Joel
Joel Hunter

Joel Hunter explains how Christians can faithfully engage the public square by realizing that government is not the enemy.

Totalitarianism

Good government is supposed to look like a shepherd, guiding people toward what’s good and keeping them safe from danger, even when that takes some force to do it. But governments don’t always stay healthy. Totalitarianism happens when a government stops shepherding and starts swallowing everything, reshaping reality to fit whatever the regime believes and reaching into every corner of a person’s life.

Totalitarianism

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