Actually Nathan, where we differ is that I really believe that advocating the cause of the deprived and the oppressed is a scriptural--and thus a spiritual--principle; and I believe that Kingdom living is living by scriptural (i.e., spiritual) principles.

Jesus indicated that those who ignore the plight  of "the least of these" are quite unlikely to become members of any Kingdom with which He is associated (to put it mildly); but on the other hand, those who do not ignore the plight of these "brethren," and do something about it, will be credited with having done so unto Him.

Prophetic 'Old Testament' admonitions ratified by the prophetic teachings of Jesus in the 'New Testament' add up to inescapable and undeniable principles of "Kingdom living." But I frankly doubt that we agree that advocacy for the disadvantaged, the dispossessed, and the oppressed represents such a principle.

 I should leave it at this: despite my profound skepticism, and my cynical belief that political...