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Project 2025, or, more fully, the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a series of proposals compiled by the Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with over one hundred politically conservative organizations. The goal of the project is to implement an effective conservatism to counter leftist policies in America. Some of Project 2025’s recommendations would push the US federal government toward a more Bible-friendly position. Other recommendations are more ambiguous. Most are purely political and not biblically distinctive.
The exact size, shape, and inner workings of government are largely irrelevant to the purpose and message of Scripture. Any major government policy will include aspects that please one political bloc and enrage others. In that sense, Project 2025 is not unique; it can be paralleled to the progressive Green New Deal put forward in 2019.
Nearly everything in Project 2025 is political in nature. In other words, the proposals are not explicitly justified using biblical principles. Nor are many of its suggestions tied to clear spiritual ideas. The policies themselves sometimes claim to be more biblical than existing programs. Scripture, of course, emphasizes personal responsibility and lays down guiding principles for righteous living, but it does not offer policy suggestions for governments. How people react to Project 2025 may vary, even among those of the same political persuasion.
Christians should show everyone grace and patience. We should be conversant on the issues and not rely on secondhand characterizations of any venture, including the 2025 Presidential Transition Project. We should strive to be reasonable (Philippians 4:5) and informed before we speak (Proverbs 18:13). Above all, we must remember that Jesus’ kingdom is not earthly (John 18:36) and it does not depend on secular human government (Philippians 3:20). A person can support or reject the ideas laid out in Project 2025 for any number of reasons. This makes it a “doubtful issue” that shouldn’t cause undue division among believers (see Romans 14:1ff).
The changes suggested by Project 2025 would definitely produce a more conservative approach to various issues. Among these are abortion, religious freedom, immigration, education, and so forth. A major theme of Project 2025 is to dramatically reform the executive branch of the federal government. This includes eliminating or merging some departments and making most executive positions appointees, rather than employees.
Supporters of Project 2025 believe it represents a means to protect citizens from government growth and overreach and return America to its founding principles. Opponents claim it vests the President with too much power. Some critics go so far as to raise the bugaboo of a Christian theocracy, claiming that the 2025 Project seeks to completely remake America along religious lines. Believers examining the issue should seek wisdom (James 1:5) and continue to pray for their nation (1 Timothy 2:1–4).
