City on a Hill

Nov 05 2024 50 ep. 37 mins 11
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A podcast about being a citizen of the kingdom of heaven and a citizen in the United States

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Special Election Day Episode!

Nov 05 2024 37 mins  
It's election day! Voting may seem like the most important thing you can do for your country or your community. If it feels like that, you put too much importance on the one day that rolls around every couple of years. You can add to the pressure you feel when you make your vote the only thing you think of when it comes to politics. You can exercise your citizenship by getting invo

Two Prayers for Election Season

Oct 29 2024 13 mins  
Today, Scott offers two prayers for election season. One synthesizes some key verses we've repeatedly used on this podcast. The other attempts to address particular issues that concern us. Feel free to use them in your family or small group. Maybe they will help you with prayers of your own. The most important thing we can do today is to pray. NOTES: Prayer #1 -- Scriptur

A Liturgy for Election Day

Oct 22 2024 5 mins  
We thought we should take our own recommendation and pray. We can wring our hands in worry, or we can fold our hands and pray. Here is a prayer you can use to pray during this election season. This liturgy for election day is from Every Moment Holy, Volume III by Doug McElvey. We highly recommend this series as a way of experiencing God's involvement in every day life. NOTES:

Christian Magazine Covers

Oct 15 2024 57 mins  
For three years, we've tried to encourage the church to break free from fear, from depending on politics, from making our neighbors into our enemies. Now, we are working against supposedly Christian magazine covers. Stoking fear, playing fast and loose with the Bible, telling only part of the story, and presenting Jesus as though he were partisan are only part of the frustrating fa

Election Security

Oct 08 2024 24 mins  
After the last presidential election, the results were called into question. Every state ratified its results a little over a month after the election. The time gap between the election and the final results provided an opportunity to cast doubt on the results. The delay is also reason to have confidence in the elections. We have extraordinary election security by any historical or

You are Not Political Enough! (E)

Oct 01 2024 42 mins  
In this encore episode, we talk about the political nature of the gospel and of the church. Could it be the church is not political enough? NOTES: Key Verse -- Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.7 Of th

In Praise of the Flip-Flop!

Sep 24 2024 29 mins  
Recently Kamala Harris has articulated some positions that Donald Trump claimed. Outrage ensued. People said she was flip-flopping. Rather than being upset, we wonder if the flip-flop might not be good! NOTES: Philippians 4:5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand. RECAP/TAKEAWAYS Since no party fully represents the Kingdom of Heaven

Who Represents You Now?

Sep 17 2024 25 mins  
In this episode, we discuss what the Republican shift away from a pro-life platform means. For most of our lives, especially if you were a one-issue voter, you had to vote Republican. The new Republican platform has changed significantly. Is that bad? Could it be good? NOTES: New republican party platform vs. 2016 Republican party platform RECAP/TAKEAWAYS This

American Civil Religion (E)

Sep 10 2024 29 mins  
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How to Vote! (E)

Sep 03 2024 32 mins  
In this episode from the archives, we visit voting as stewardship. It should pair nicely with last week's episode. Aeric recommends David French’s two-fold test (https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/how-then-should-christians-vote) recognizing that your vote is your endorsement. That means that voting for the “lesser of two evils” remains an endorsement of evil. Your