{
  "title": "Not Talk About Politics",
  "slug": "not-talk-about-politics",
  "url": "/modern-traditions-of-men/not-talk-about-politics/",
  "category": "Public Witness and Culture",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "summary": "The church must not become a party machine, but silence about public evil is not biblical neutrality; it is often fear dressed as prudence.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Luke 3:19",
    "Acts 24:24-25",
    "2 Sam 12:1-14",
    "Prov 14:34",
    "Rom 13:1-7"
  ],
  "key_terms": "mishpat [justice]; dikaiosyne [righteousness]; prophetic witness [truth before rulers and people]; partisanship [party loyalty as controlling frame]",
  "related_topics": [
    "fear-of-being-called-political",
    "just-preach-the-gospel-used-to-avoid-moral-witness",
    "neutrality-toward-public-evil",
    "patriotism-confused-with-kingdom-loyalty"
  ],
  "tier": "Modern Traditions of Men",
  "translation_links": "NET Bible local reader links are embedded in the HTML page."
}