The Lordship of Christ

In my discussions around why I do not vote, I consistently try to argue that somehow my following Christ as Lord rules out my voting. I am currently working through a book called The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch which is a dramatic call for re-thinking and imagining what the Church should look like. It is a fascinating book, and I may have more to share as I finish it up, but there is a great section on what it means when the Church confesses Jesus as Lord. I thought you may enjoy this bit:

"There will be different gods that rule different spheres of our lives, and the God of the Church in this view is largely impotent outside of the privatized religous sphere. Christocentric monotheism demands loyalty precisely where the other gods claim it, and this is true for us as it was for our spiritual forebears" (Hirsch, 97)

He then goes on to quote Lee C. Camp:

"'Jesus is Lord' is a radical claim, one that is ultimately rooted in questions of allegiance, of ultimate authority, of the ultimate norm and standard for human life. Instead, Christianity has often saught to ally itself comfortably with allegiance to other authorities, be they political, economic, cultural, or ethnic. Could it be that 'Jesus is Lord' has become one of the most widespread Christian lies?"