Jesus, Politics, and the 2020 Election

First Sentence- I don’t think I have to work hard to convince you that there is a lot of anger out there.

What does it risk if they fail to hear from me?

I don’t want us to waste all this anger we’re experiencing.

As followers of Jesus we engage politics differently because we engage anger differently.

What am I asking them to do?

Learn to embrace anger as a citizen of heaven

Philippi- Roman Colony

Full rights and privileges

Identity

Diognetus

Heaven and James KA Smith

Learn to use our anger for good

Ephesians 4:26 LEB

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

Philippians 3:20–4:5 NIV

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

Learn to redeem our anger from our flesh

Social Media

Calm

Why won’t they do it

It’s stressful.

No one likes conflict

It’s easy to be misunderstood

We need to fight for our rights because “They” want to fight us.

There are important moral implications to this election

THEY ARE Panicked

I’m over politics

Next Steps

Vote

Pray

Assume Good Will

Be Generous

Dead Dog Story-Steve throwing his shoes across the river.

Last Sentence- Our most revolutionary political act is to hope. Marilynne Robinson “Fear is not a Christian habit of mind.”