David French thinks partisanship is a bad thing. In a talk at John Brown University during October (see video here), where one speaker called National Security the new Prosperity Gospel, French explored how White Evangelicals are some of the most partisan Americans. French assailed this trend because it plays into the dislike, rivalry and even latent hatred of negative partisanship.
“As the most dedicated partisans, we become tribal and we act tribal,” French said. This tends to go against the witness of loving those who persecute us, as Christians are commanded, according to French.