Anyone who wants to see what the Kingdom of God looks like ought to read this article by Jim Wallis of Sojourners. Wallis is unashamedly a liberal evangelical. He’s in the same camp as Tony Campolo and Ron Sider. They are important voices within the evangelical movement that should not be dismissed. These voices come from the opposite side of the tent as the voices of the Religious Right.

Bill Bright was a part of the Religious Right before it was cool among evangelicals to stand on that ground. Almost 30 years ago, Bright was mixing faith and politics before Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, or Pat Robertson got on-board. That put Bright and Wallis at odds.

Wallis recalls his relationship with Bright and the reconciliation that both men found over the years. It’s a beautiful picture of what Christians should be modeling for the rest of the world. If two evangelical Christians on opposite ends of the political spectrum can come together under the Lordship of Christ, then red states and blue states shouldn’t really be an issue.