The day we believe we cannot change our world is the day we believe we cannot influence our neighbors; because influencing our neighbor is influencing a part of the world. There is an underlying current that politics is not laudable for Christian interaction, and should at best remain: a law-based moral philosophy. I will argue that these positions are incorrect. Politics is a human activity and worthy of interaction by those who hold a biblical theology. In short, Christians have an obligation to interact in politics. Those who support a biblical theology are those of the church. When I refer to the church, I am talking about anything that pertains to a functioning community or an individual who professes submission to Christ Jesus and the biblical scriptures. Dietrich Bonhoeffer provides an explanation in his book The Cost of Discipleship. In short, "the Church or congregation is a complex organism". (Bonhoeffer 1959, 252) Christians understand that they are a unique creation of an omniscient and powerful God in three persons; a triune God. The church lives in community with humanity and with this God. This is best explained when one understands the character of God. God has an insatiable desire to know His creation, the human being. Just as a parent desires interaction with their developing child, so God enjoys ongoing interaction with humanity. The child imagines the parent in the same way humanity imagines God. To imagine God is to be similar but not the same. But, just as there is an emotional and spiritual disparity between the child and the parent, there is also a disparity between God and humanity. Just as a parent provides protection and guidance to their children, so does God to His creation. However, it is understood that a......middle of paper......cipolato. New York: Touchstone.Bible. NIVErickson, Millard J. 2002. Introducing Christian Doctrine (2nd edition). 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.Kerr, Hugh, ed. Readings in Christian thought. 2nd ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990.Livingstone, EA, ed. 1997. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 3rd ed. Ed. the late FL Cross and EA Livingstone. New York: Oxford University Press, USA.Placher, William C. A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1983 Plantinga, Cornelius. 2002. Engaging God's World: A Handbook for Students. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.Sunshine, Glenn S. 2009. Why You Think Like You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home. NA: Zondervan.Tuma, Jerry. 2009. From Boom to Bust and Beyond. Lake Mary: front line.