Is God Silent? (1)

Many Christian believe that God's does not provide a definitive answer about most political issues. Here are some examples from blogosphere.

We must never presume that our political ideas are absolutely correct and perfectly aligned with God's will.

Together with law, economics defines the true meaning of politics: "What is the best way of managing things?" We don't have a specific, definitive answer about this from the Bible.

True, all nations, governments, and parties within governments seek their own self-interest. By definition, they can't represent the kingdom of God. I don't think its possible, or necessary, to work out a dogmatic ethical stance on the many issues this raises that would apply to all people at all times. Christians simply have to strive to follow God's leading on these ambiguous issues. We have to be okay with unresolvable ambiguity and with people having differing perspectives and callings on these matters.

If these statements are true, then the best that we can do is get involved in the political system and hope that democracy will produce good government.
I find this view quite astounding. Civil government is a really important aspect of human life, so I would be amazed if God’s word was silent on political issues.

There are three possible reasons why people might believe that we cannot find solutions to political issues in the bible. I will cover these in the next three posts.