(ChurchLeaders) If Americans are to have any hope of overcoming our deep polarizations, people of faith must be willing to cooperate with one another where they can, even when they strongly disagree on some issues. So said a panel of four faith leaders, including Dr. Russell Moore, in a webinar Thursday on faith and politics under Biden presidency.
“My primary concern is about what this overwhelming sense of political identity and division, what that does to people,” said Moore, who is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. “And some of the divisions that we see going on in our country right now are proving to not just be dangerous, but also exhausting. And I mean that in the literal sense of the word.” Going into the New Year, one of the top priorities of believers should be not to fall into the “overwhelming identities” that often define us instead of our affiliation to Christ.