(RNS) — The last thing Eugene Cho wanted to write a book about was politics.
In fact, Cho said he quit writing his latest book, Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics, four times.
The pastor, author and founder of the nonprofit One Day’s Wages kept imagining the criticism he would receive. Nowadays, he noted, it seems like there is no “middle ground” in politics or anything else, “no nuance in how we’re navigating certain conversations.”
But he also kept feeling compelled — by the Holy Spirit, he said — to finish the book.
“There’s a lot of folks in the middle that are trying to bumble and stumble our way through,” he said. “We take our faith seriously, we know politics matters because it informs policy and that impacts people, and we’re just trying to figure that out as best as we can as followers of Jesus.”
Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk released this weekend ahead of Super Tuesday (March 3), when the largest number of states vote in primary elections and caucuses on one day.
In the run-up to November’s general election, Cho said, “I would say obviously this is an important election.”
He’s not naïve, he said. He believes God is sovereign. But he also believes that doesn’t preclude him from caring about what happens.
“God is sovereign and I choose to care and I believe that it matters,” he said.
“Politics and foreign policies…
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