A clip of Rylee Meek arguing that churches and pastors must be involved in politics by speaking biblical truth into public life. She references the early-Christian figure Stephen as an example of the Church affecting governing authorities, defends a figure named “Charlie” against claims he was targeted for secular politics (saying instead he was targeted for speaking on gender), and cites Isaiah 5:20 to frame current cultural reversals of good and evil.
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And this is where I think even pastors that think, oh, we don't get into politics here. It's like, then you're not, you're not operating within the kingdom, right? Like church. It absolutely needs to be involved with politics. Like, if we think back to when Stephen was alive, like, like they were affecting governments, right? This is like, that was the, the ruling authority there. To tell me that they weren't involved with politics is like, that's complete nonsense to me, right? And, and, and for those that are saying that, that Charlie was murdered just for his politics, as you mentioned, like, he, it's, it's not. They didn't, they weren't. Haven't been an uproar because of his view on foreign policy and taxation and immigration. It's like, no, they were upset because he says, boys can't be girls, girls can't be boys. He's literally speaking directly to what. What they're doing now is, as Isaiah 5:20 says, that you. They're calling evil good and good evil. And it's like, if you're a pastor or a church leader and you're saying that you don't want to get involved with that, that means that you don't want to speak the truth. That's what it was. He's preaching truth. That's all it was.
