Let’s consider some truths about integrity, an issue the Bible has a lot to say about and which will be esp. relevant in the next few months. Integrity is being in complete alignment with one& #39;s moral principles which leads one to act accordingly. 1/7
This is why integrity is so often associated with honesty. You cannot have integrity if you don& #39;t keep your word or if you act in way that contradict the moral principles you say you stand for.

The trouble with integrity is that it& #39;s a virtue for losers (1 Pt 3:13-18). 2/7
People with integrity will lose more than those without it. An example is the acquisition, use, and retention of power (hereafter, AURP). If you stand by your word/principles you& #39;ll inevitably lose AURP. You might even suffer and fail to do the “greater good” by losing AURP. 3/7
This is why so few politicians have integrity—they can get elected w/o integrity but not if they lose AURP.

Some Christians want the integrity equivalent of a shabbos goy, a non-Jew who performs certain activities which Jewish law prohibits a Jew from doing on the Sabbath. 4/7
They wrongly believe they can retain their own integrity by supporting/endorsing someone (usually another professed Christian) who will violate integrity on their behalf, so they don’t lose AURP (Rom 3:8). If you support violations of integrity you show *you* lack integrity. 5/7
They wrongly believe they can retain their own integrity by supporting/endorsing someone (usually another professed Christian) who will violate integrity on their behalf, so they don’t lose AURP (Rom 3:8). If you support violations of integrity you show *you* lack integrity. 6/7
If Christians have integrity we will refuse to support, endorse, or promote those who do not—even if it costs us something we value.

This isn& #39;t a new teaching—it& #39;s biblical. Yet in an age that values power over God& #39;s principles, it will likely be considered controversial. 7/7
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