After last week's magnum opus, I've had a hard time thinking of something to write about this week, so (sadly like the rest of this week) I'll keep it pretty short.
This election season, something my pastor has been talking about is something that has been staying at the front of my mind (it's also pretty well detailed in a song by Derek Webb). Anyway, this idea is that our politicians, no matter who we like and vote for, are imperfect humans and will never be able to give us this city on a hill society where everything is perfect. Basically, all of our hope that we place in these people to uphold their ideas and change the country (or even the world) aren't really full promises.
The main thing that Christians need to remember is that our savior has already come and brought a revolution. All we need to do is remember his teachings and examples and not put too much of our focus on what is going on in D.C.
I'm not saying that this is an excuse to not vote or not be involved in politics, because that is still important and can help in your quest to follow Christ (no matter how you see that working best). However, we just need to focus on helping the "least of these brothers of mine" in whatever ways we can.
This election season, something my pastor has been talking about is something that has been staying at the front of my mind (it's also pretty well detailed in a song by Derek Webb). Anyway, this idea is that our politicians, no matter who we like and vote for, are imperfect humans and will never be able to give us this city on a hill society where everything is perfect. Basically, all of our hope that we place in these people to uphold their ideas and change the country (or even the world) aren't really full promises.
The main thing that Christians need to remember is that our savior has already come and brought a revolution. All we need to do is remember his teachings and examples and not put too much of our focus on what is going on in D.C.
I'm not saying that this is an excuse to not vote or not be involved in politics, because that is still important and can help in your quest to follow Christ (no matter how you see that working best). However, we just need to focus on helping the "least of these brothers of mine" in whatever ways we can.
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I know this doesn't really relate to today's blog. (Should probably go in Bookish Tuesday) But I recently finished a book (one of the harder books I've read in a long time) that was very interesting. It was called American Gospel by Jon Meacham. It talked about the founding fathers, religious tolerance, and the way they set up the separation of church and state. Very interesting (but difficult) read.
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