There was a time when a person's faith shaped their politics. Now it often runs the other way. The Reversal is the case for setting it right.
People choose their church to fit their politics and their convictions to match their party. Something has gotten reversed. The Reversal is for anyone worn down by the slow creep of politics into everything sacred. It offers something better than a sharper argument or a winning strategy. It offers the one thing capable of healing a politicized faith: holiness.
Tony M. Hodge has spent years inside the rooms where political decisions get made. As a Republican Party official and lifelong believer, he has watched the wholesale replacement of genuine Christian faith with political identity, on both sides of the aisle, up close. He has seen the gospel used as a costume and watched good people slowly become someone they would not recognize. He found that the answer was never about choosing the right side. It was about becoming the right kind of person.
Drawing on the theology of John Wesley and the examples of Abraham Lincoln, William Wilberforce, and John Quincy Adams, the book makes the case that sanctification, the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit reaching into every corner of a person's life including the political one, is the only remedy capable of addressing the problem at its root.
"This is an invitation to put your faith back where it belongs, anchored in something no election can threaten and no defeat can take away." From The Reversal
Faith once shaped politics. Now politics reshapes faith, quietly replacing genuine belief with partisan identity on both sides of the aisle.
Holiness. Sanctification, the ongoing work of the Spirit in every corner of a life, is the only cure that addresses the problem at its source.
The theology of John Wesley, lived out in Lincoln, Wilberforce, and John Quincy Adams, men whose faith led their public life rather than following it.
Your faith was always meant to lead. This book shows you how to let it. Order The Reversal today.
On Aldersgate Street in 1738, John Wesley felt his heart "strangely warmed," and a movement of renewed holiness followed. We take our name from that moment.
Aldersgate Publishing exists to bring thoughtful, faithful books to readers who believe that conviction should shape a life from the inside out. The Reversal is our first title, and a fitting one.
