Right thinking

As conservatives battle each other, Christians should make the Bible their guide | Joel Belz

I've said before in this space that not much spoils my editorial day more than a letter or e-mail accusing WORLD of being nothing other than a right-wing conservative rag. To the extent that we come across that way, either the complaining reader has blinders on—or we're not doing our job.

To be sure, our pages regularly reflect a conviction that folks who unashamedly call the Bible true, and then strive to have their worldview shaped by its wisdom, will also tend very often to find themselves in the company of others who call themselves social and political conservatives. We think a "biblical" worldview has many components that fit with a so-called "conservative" perspective.

But not always. The two categories are hardly mirror images of each other. And perhaps less and less so.