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Every election season seems to reignite perennial debates over Christianity and politics.

This time, at least in the Twitter verse, they seem more intense than usual, especially

for a midterm election.

While some voices call the church a wave from political involvement, in order to focus

on more quote-unquote spiritual tasks, others appeal to the faithful to get more political.

And just as the volume has escalated to an almost intolerable level, a set of tweets have

come from across the pond with a contribution both historical and helpful.

Glenn Scrivener is an evangelist in the director of a ministry called Speak Life.

He pointed out by looking at three key social transformations throughout history that were

influenced by Christianity, what we can learn about this so-called choice between prayer

and politics, between evangelism and voting.

In each case, Christians changed the world for the better, by ignoring the either-or-options

that are so often presented to us on social media.

For example, Christians played a central role in ending in Phanicide, actively looking

for and rescuing babies before the Roman Emperor, Valentini, and the first created laws against

the killing of unwanted babies.

In the case of the gladiatorial games, Christians did not only preach, but a monk named Tilemiques

martyred himself in front of a large crowd, attempting to stop a duel, and ultimately changed

the heart of the Roman Emperor.

And of course, there was the abolition of slavery, which required both, inspired preaching,

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