Politics & Power Quote by Frank R. Wolf

“Awake with holy boldness” is the kind of phrase that sounds devotional while operating like a political rallying cry. Frank R. Wolf, a longtime Republican congressman known for foregrounding religious liberty and human-rights advocacy, isn’t merely urging private piety; he’s calling for public, organized pressure. “The body of Christ in America” collapses denominational differences into a single voting bloc and moral witness. It’s coalition language dressed as ecclesiology.

The line is built around a rebuke: Christians have been “silent” or stuck in “mere words.” That framing flatters the listener’s self-image (you are part of the awake remnant) while indicting the complacent church down the street. “Holy boldness” recasts political risk as spiritual obedience, borrowing the authority of faith to preempt second-guessing. If you hesitate, the implication goes, you’re not prudent; you’re faithless.

Wolf’s most revealing move is the managerial metric at the end: “action and results.” Results for whom, measured how, and in service of which policy goals? The quote leaves that conveniently open, allowing it to travel across causes - abortion politics, religious freedom campaigns, foreign persecution, culture-war battles - while still sounding righteous. It’s a flexible mandate: whatever you already think the nation needs, now it comes with a sacred deadline.

The subtext is anxiety about declining cultural influence. “Awake” implies a sleeping giant, a majority that should be winning but isn’t. Wolf’s intent is to convert religious identity into disciplined public action - not just to witness, but to move institutions, laws, and outcomes.