Both sides have failed to embrace the paradox that is at the heart of Christianity: the holiness of God and the grace of God simultaneously coexist and are both fully expressed at all times in the person of Jesus Christ. His holiness compels Him to completely account for all our sin and His love compels Him to pay every one of those accounts in full. God never ever compromises one or the other -- He is always holy and He is always loving. He always hates the sin and always loves the sinner. The conservative Christian “right” is demonized because those who speak on its behalf routinely fail to project the grace of God. On the other hand, the liberal Christian “left” is marginalized because those who speak for it routinely have to "relativize" the truth, and thereby emasculate it, in order to stay on message.

For me, the view that simultaneously and fully expresses the holiness of God and the grace of God is the one for me, because it reflects Jesus. You see, Jesus is ambidextrous -– He doesn’t favor His right or His left. He is fully adept at both.

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^[1] The use of the words “left” and “right” to describe liberal and conservative political positions apparently originated in the French National Assembly of 1789, when the radicals were seated to the left of the presiding officer. 

Terry Jacobson practices civil trial law in Corsicana, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Tina, and their 3 children. He has been an elder at Believers Bible Church since 1998.

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