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# Before “everything must change”
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2008106before-everything-must-change-html/
- Published: 2008-10-06T18:56:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:31:27.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Social Justice & Compassion, Theology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

[Colin Hansen](http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/octoberweb-only/141-11.0.html?start=1&ref=dashhouse.com) on an issue that’s constantly coming up here: the relationship of the gospel to social issues.

> If Christians today want to turn the world upside down, then we must preach the apostolic gospel of King Jesus. Before “everything must change,” Jesus is building a kingdom of subjects who repent of their sins and trust him to forgive them. Then we can follow Jesus’ example and reject political power plays; otherwise, “we will, ironically, be assimilated into the very idolatries of wealth, status, and power we seek to change,” as the [Gospel Coalition’s Theological Vision for Ministry](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/about/theological-vision-for-ministry?ref=dashhouse.com) explains. “If we seek service rather than power, we may have significant cultural impact.”

[more](http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/octoberweb-only/141-11.0.html?start=1&ref=dashhouse.com)