Huckabee explained why he left pastoring for politics.
“I didn’t get into politics because I thought government had a better answer. I got into politics because I knew government didn’t have the real answers, that the real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives.”
He compared his entry into politics to “getting inside the dragon’s belly,” adding, “There’s not one thing we can do in those marbled halls and domed capitols that can equal what’s done when Jesus touches the lives of a sinner.”
The nation has descended gradually into crisis, Huckabee said, and repairing the damage needs to be gradual, too. He said the solution is simple: faith in Christ.
He also spoke of his early misconceptions of his duties as a pastor.
“In one of the first churches I was assigned to, I thought I was supposed to be the captain of a warship leading the congregation into a battle against spiritual darkness,” he said. “But they wanted the captain of the Love Boat. They just wanted everybody to be happy. It was not about how many people were won to Christ”
Excerpts from an article in the ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, June 8, 1998: http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/jonesboro/afhuckabee08.asp
