The ideology of the Left believes big government and social reform will solve social ills, while the Right believes big business and economic growth will do it. The Left expects a citizen to be held legally accountable for the use of his wealth, but totally autonomous in other areas, such as sexual morality. The Right expects a citizen to be held legally accountable in areas of personal morality, but totally autonomous in the use of wealth. The North American "idol" -- radical individualism -- lies beneath both ideologies. A Christian sees either "solution" as fundamentally humanistic and simplistic.
Only the ministry of the church of Jesus Christ, and the millioins of "mini-churches" (Christian homes) throughout the country can attack the roots of social problems.
-- Tim Keller from his book Ministries of Mercy
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