Religion and Politics: Necessary Collaboration
36th in a series on how men and women in the Bible deal with waiting, disappointment and unemployment Religion and Politics: Necessary Collaboration 1 Samuel 12:1-25 Does religion affect what goes on in the market place? Does what I believe affect the way I behave toward my coworkers? Is it really a wise or intelligent thing to say that what I believe about the nature of the universe and whether I think I am the product of primordial ooze or made in God’s image have no effect on my ethics or morality? I would contend that these convictions either make us the best employee/boss or one that should be avoided at all costs. Samuel, as God’s prophet was a religious man but he was also the political leader of Israel. God worked through him to communicate laws that were for the ordering of society as well as Temple worship. This kind of arrangement was called a Theocracy and was unique in the world at the time. The people, though, rejected Go