84 Ducere Est Servire: THE LEADERSHIP JOURNAL OF DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY thoughtful in addressing political issues and in encouraging political participation among their congregants or their students. It might help them better lead others in avoiding the extremes and problems of both the temptations of Christian Nationalism and becoming a Church that has abandoned its unique “kingdom-vocation” (7) relative to government in the ordering of God’s world. To be in the world but not of it has been a perennial challenge for the Church throughout its history, and this attempt at trying to strike that balance for the Church is worth a read. The problematic poles of cultural take-over and pessimistic retreat are much easier to identify, and although the book provides much food for thought, it may leave readers still pondering exactly how to walk faithfully in the tension between.
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