Christians and Politics

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_Homer
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Christians and Politics

Post by _Homer » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:54 am

For some time I have been troubled by the mixing of Christianity, patriotism, and politics (and I am a life-long Republican). Here is an interesting book review regarding "Wayward Christian Soldiers":

http://www.powells.com/review/2008_04_10
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Post by _TK » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:41 pm

Hey Homer- I agree. check out these Derek Webb Lyrics for "A King and a Kingdom"
Who's your brother, who's your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'Cause we married in to a family of immigrants

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a king & a kingdom

There are two great lies that i’ve heard:
"The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die"
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we’ve got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think
Other posters here have noted that when Greg Boyd preached on this issue in his church, a lot of his congregation left.

TK
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"Were not our hearts burning within us? (Lk 24:32)

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