Jesus, Politics, and the 2020 Election
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First Sentence- I don’t think I have to work hard to convince you that there is a lot of anger out there.
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?
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?
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
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,
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
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
Next Steps
Vote
Pray
Assume Good Will
Be Generous
Dead Dog Story-Steve throwing his shoes across the river.
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.”
Last Sentence- Our most revolutionary political act is to hope. Marilynne Robinson “Fear is not a Christian habit of mind.”