Why the leftward lean?

Seek the truth
Listen to the truth
Teach the truth
Love the truth
Abide by the truth
And defend the truth
Unto death. —John Huss

Here’s a question we received this week that is worth thinking about:

I can’t figure this out… Why is such a large portion of the Reformed community left-leaning politically? The inconsistent ideology and blatant anti-Christian policy would seem to drive Reformed Christians away from their platform, but it just doesn’t for whatever reason.

In one sense, the answer is complex, and we’re still working on getting a handle on it.

But in another sense, it is very simple: The Reformed community is simply not fundamentally different from any other Christian community today, and all these are all full of fools who don’t fear God.

We intend to come back to analyze why this is at another time. But for now, suffice to say that it’s true.

It is a mistake to equate right doctrine with right living. It is far better to be a man after God’s own heart than to have a head filled with th…